SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-3725

Vulnerability in dirhistory plugin Description: the widgets that go back and forward in the directory history, triggered by pressing Alt-Left and Alt-Right, use functions that unsafely execute eval on directory names.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.05%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.05%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Vulnerability in dirhistory plugin Description: the widgets that go back and forward in the directory history, triggered by pressing Alt-Left and Alt-Right, use functions that unsafely execute eval on directory names. If you cd into a directory with a carefully-crafted name, then press Alt-Left, the system is subject to command injection. Impacted areas: - Functions pop_past and pop_future in dirhistory plugin.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.05% probability · 62th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78, CWE-94
Affected
planetargon/oh my zsh
Source
security@huntr.dev

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.