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A vulnerability in Ghidra, the generic disassembler and decompiler released by the NSA in early March, could be exploited to execute code remotely, researchers say.
The flaw, an XML external entity (XXE) issue, was discovered in the Ghidra project loading process immediately after the tool was released.
Impacting the project open/restore, the vulnerability can be exploited by anyone able to trick a user into opening or restoring a specially crafted project, a GitHub report reveals.
To reproduce the issue, one would need to create a project, close it, then put an XXE payload in any of the XML files in the project directory. As soon as the project is opened, the payload is executed.
Now that's just embarrassing.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday March 21 2019, @05:32PM (1 child)
It could be a calculated decision.
Our stuff's vulnerable: simple collateral damage -- and better yet, the costs aren't to the government!
Their stuff's vulnerable: That's more important. Necessary to blackmail or topple governments. Spy capability necessary to trumple on people's right to speech and privacy.
If you eat an entire cake without cutting it, you technically only had one piece.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 21 2019, @06:04PM
Trumple. Now that's a word worthy of being added to the dictionary!