{"id":"CVE-2025-12489","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-12489","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T06:14:05.028Z","title":"evernote-mcp-server openBrowser Command Injection Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.","description":"evernote-mcp-server openBrowser Command Injection Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of evernote-mcp-server. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the openBrowser function. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of the service account. Was ZDI-CAN-27913.","published":"2025-11-06T21:15:40.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-19T13:10:00.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.01332,"percentile":0.70961,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/brentmid/evernote-mcp-server/commit/1e66c78c4ce6ea294ac6b0eb289a9eae9c5e9579","source":"zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-983/","source":"zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12489","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}