CVE-2020-35869: Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

Status: Analyzed - Last modified: 04-01-2022 Published: 31-12-2020

CVE-2020-35869
Vulnerability Scoring

9.8
/10

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low Impact
  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Privileges Required: None
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • User Interaction: NONE

CIA Impact Definition

  • Confidentiality: HIGH IMPACT
  • Integrity: HIGH IMPACT
  • Availability: HIGH IMPACT

CVE-2020-35869 Vulnerability Summary

An issue was discovered in the rusqlite crate before 0.23.0 for Rust. Memory safety can be violated because rusqlite::trace::log mishandles format strings.

Access Complexity Graph for CVE-2020-35869

Impact Analysis for CVE-2020-35869

CVE-2020-35869: Detailed Information and External References

EPSS

0.00235

EPSS %

0.61607

References

0.00235

CWE

CWE-134

CAPEC

0.00235

  • Format String Injection: An adversary includes formatting characters in a string input field on the target application. Most applications assume that users will provide static text and may respond unpredictably to the presence of formatting character. For example, in certain functions of the C programming languages such as printf, the formatting character %s will print the contents of a memory location expecting this location to identify a string and the formatting character %n prints the number of DWORD written in the memory. An adversary can use this to read or write to memory locations or files, or simply to manipulate the value of the resulting text in unexpected ways. Reading or writing memory may result in program crashes and writing memory could result in the execution of arbitrary code if the adversary can write to the program stack.
  • String Format Overflow in syslog(): This attack targets applications and software that uses the syslog() function insecurely. If an application does not explicitely use a format string parameter in a call to syslog(), user input can be placed in the format string parameter leading to a format string injection attack. Adversaries can then inject malicious format string commands into the function call leading to a buffer overflow. There are many reported software vulnerabilities with the root cause being a misuse of the syslog() function.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.2:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.2:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.7:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.7:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.8:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.8:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.9:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.9:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.10:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.10:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.11:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.11:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.12:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.12:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.14:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.14:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.15:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.15:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.16:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.16:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.17:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.0.17:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.14.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.14.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.15.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.15.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.16.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.16.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.17.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.17.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.18.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.18.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.19.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.19.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.20.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.20.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.21.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.21.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.22.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:0.22.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

CVSS3 Source

nvd@nist.gov

CVSS3 Type

Primary

CVSS3 Vector

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

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