VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-17664

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-10-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

NSA Ghidra through 9.0.4 uses a potentially untrusted search path. When executing Ghidra from a given path, the Java process working directory is set to this path. Then, when launching the Python interpreter via the "Ghidra Codebrowser > Window > Python" option, Ghidra will try to execute the cmd.exe program from this working directory.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path

Primary references