Advisory Details

March 28th, 2018

Slack Technologies Slack URI Parsing Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2018-1000006
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Slack Technologies
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Slack
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['30933']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Slack Technologies Slack. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the processing of URI handlers. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Slack Technologies has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://electronjs.org/blog/protocol-handler-fix
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2018-01-31 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2018-03-28 - Coordinated public release of advisory 2018-04-26 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT	rgod

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