THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2021-3401
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2021-3401

Bitcoin vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
10.5%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Bitcoin Core before 0.19.0 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when another application unsafely passes the -platformpluginpath argument to the bitcoin-qt program, as demonstrated by an x-scheme-handler/bitcoin handler for a .desktop file or a web browser. NOTE: the discoverer states "I believe that this vulnerability cannot actually be exploited."
Affected vendor
Bitcoin
Affected product
Bitcoin
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2021-02-04

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 10.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-3401

  • Confirm whether Bitcoin Bitcoin is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-3401.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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