CVE-2021-3401

CRITICAL

Bitcoin Core < 0.19.0 - Remote Code Execution via -platformpluginpath Argument Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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."

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://achow101.com/2021/02/0.18-uri-vuln
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16578

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.1048
EPSS Percentile 95.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-88
Status published
Products (1)
bitcoin/bitcoin < 0.19.0
Published Feb 04, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026