CVE-2020-5741
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-05-08 12:02
Modified
2025-02-06 20:28
Severity ?
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Plex Media Server on Windows allows a remote, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary Python code.
References
vulnreport@tenable.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158470/Plex-Unpickle-Dict-Windows-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
vulnreport@tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-32Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158470/Plex-Unpickle-Dict-Windows-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-32Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Plex Media Server (Windows) Version: Versions prior to 1.19.3
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2023-03-10

Due date: 2023-03-31

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://forums.plex.tv/t/security-regarding-cve-2020-5741/586819; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5741

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