CVE-2020-15121

Command injection in Radare2

CRITICAL
9.6
CVSS Score
Published: July 20, 2020 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:56 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraRADARE2RADARE2

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Severity
CRITICAL9.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

In radare2 before version 4.5.0, malformed PDB file names in the PDB server path cause shell injection. To trigger the problem it's required to open the executable in radare2 and run idpd to trigger the download. The shell code will execute, and will create a file called pwned in the current directory.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.5.0
Affected range stops below 4.5.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 4.5.0
Affected range stops below 4.5.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78

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