Description

The text-to-speech engine in libretro RetroArch for Windows 1.9.0 passes unsanitized input to PowerShell through platform_win32.c via the accessibility_speak_windows function, which allows attackers who have write access on filesystems that are used by RetroArch to execute code via command injection using specially a crafted file and directory names.

Related CPE's

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libretro

retroarch

Vulnerable

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microsoft

windows

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References

http://libretro.com

ExploitVendor Advisory

http://retroarch.com

ProductVendor Advisory

https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/blob/d3dc3ee989ec6a4903c689907ffc47027f71f776/frontend/drivers/platform_win32.c

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://labs.bishopfox.com/advisories/retroarch-for-windows-version-1.9.0

ExploitThird Party Advisory

Weaknesses

[email protected]

Primary
CWE-78

CVSS impact metrics

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.8 · High

  • CVSS V3.1

  • CVSS V3.0

  • CVSS V2.0

Information

Source identifier

[email protected]

Vulnerability status

Analyzed

Published

2021-04-07T15:15:13.623

4 years ago

Last modified

2022-06-28T14:11:45.273

3 years ago