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CVE-2021-40720 (GCVE-0-2021-40720)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-15 14:22 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:17
VLAI
Title
Ops CLI Deserialization of Untrusted Data leads to Abritrary Code Execution
Summary
Ops CLI version 2.0.4 (and earlier) is affected by a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution when the checkout_repo function is called on a maliciously crafted file. An attacker can leverage this to execute arbitrary code on the victim machine.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Adobe Ops-CLI Affected: unspecified , ≤ 2.0.4 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ None (custom)
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Date Public
2021-10-12 00:00
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