CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-26894
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-10-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427
Description
LiveCode v9.6.1 on Windows allows local, low-privileged users to gain privileges by creating a malicious "cmd.exe" in the folder of the vulnerable LiveCode application. If the application is using LiveCode's "shell()" function, it will attempt to search for "cmd.exe" in the folder of the current application and run the malicious "cmd.exe".
Affected configurations
• faulknermedia wildlife issues in the new millennium 18.0.160
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness
References
- https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/7454 Vendor Advisory
- https://john-woodman.com/posts/LiveCode-Privilege-Escalation-Vulnerability/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22942 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/7454 Vendor Advisory
- https://john-woodman.com/posts/LiveCode-Privilege-Escalation-Vulnerability/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22942 Third Party Advisory