TI-2020-11895 Aliases CVE-2020-15121

Command injection in Radare2

MEDIUM 44CWE-78Published 2020-07-20 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

In radare2 before version 4.5.0, malformed PDB file names in the PDB server path cause shell injection. To trigger the problem it's required to open the executable in radare2 and run idpd to trigger the download. The shell code will execute, and will create a file called pwned in the current directory.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01571 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed radare2 (radareorg): 4.5.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
radareorg	radare2	before 4.5.0	4.5.0	Patch available	CNA

radare2 Vendorradareorg Affected before 4.5.0 Fixed in 4.5.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:radare:radare2::::::::	before 4.5.0	Vulnerable	radareorg
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:::::::*	31	Vulnerable	Fedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:::::::*	32	Vulnerable	Fedoraproject

cpe:2.3:a:radare:radare2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.5.0 Vulnerable ·radareorg
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 31 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 32 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject

Remediation

Fix · CNA radare2 (radareorg) Fixed in 4.5.0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-15121

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/04edfa82c1f3fa2bc3621ccdad2f93bdbf00e4f9

Advisory 5

TI-2023-25089 An out-of-bounds read in radare2 v.5.8.9 and before exists in the print_insn32 function… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-25088 An out-of-bounds read in radare2 v.5.8.9 and before exists in the print_insn32_fpu… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-12172 Radare2 has a division by zero vulnerability in Mach-O parser's rebase_buffer function. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2026-07640 radare2 6.1.5 Use-After-Free via gdbr_pids_list() CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
TI-2026-07639 radare2 6.1.5 Use-After-Free via gdbr_threads_list() CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
TI-2023-03993 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in radareorg/radare2 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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