HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-1167

Spotify vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
4.8%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Spotify Music Player 1.0.69.336. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the processing of URI handlers. 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 execute code under the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-5501.
Affected vendor
Spotify
Affected product
Spotify
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2018-04-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-1167

  • Confirm whether Spotify Spotify is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-1167.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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