CVE-2023-35174

Livebook Desktop's protocol handler can be exploited to execute arbitrary command on Windows

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

Livebook is a web application for writing interactive and collaborative code notebooks. On Windows, it is possible to open a `livebook://` link from a browser which opens Livebook Desktop and triggers arbitrary code execution on victim's machine. Any user using Livebook Desktop on Windows is potentially vulnerable to arbitrary code execution when they expect Livebook to be opened from browser. This vulnerability has been fixed in version 0.8.2 and 0.9.3.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

High

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-06-14 CVE Reserved
2023-06-22 CVE Published
2024-12-06 CVE Updated
2025-02-10 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/livebook-dev/livebook/releases/tag/v0.8.2	Release Notes
https://github.com/livebook-dev/livebook/releases/tag/v0.9.3	Release Notes

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/livebook-dev/livebook/commit/2e11b59f677c6ed3b6aa82dad412a8b3406ffdf1	2023-06-29
https://github.com/livebook-dev/livebook/commit/beb10daaadcc765f0380e436bd7cd5f74cf086c8	2023-06-29

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/livebook-dev/livebook/security/advisories/GHSA-564w-97r7-c6p9	2023-06-29

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Livebook Search vendor "Livebook"	Livebook Search vendor "Livebook" for product "Livebook"	>= 0.8.0 < 0.8.2 Search vendor "Livebook" for product "Livebook" and version " >= 0.8.0 < 0.8.2"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Livebook Search vendor "Livebook"	Livebook Search vendor "Livebook" for product "Livebook"	>= 0.9.0 < 0.9.3 Search vendor "Livebook" for product "Livebook" and version " >= 0.9.0 < 0.9.3"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe