CVE-2021-23420: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

August 11, 2021 (updated August 19, 2021)

The RunProcess class can be leveraged as a gadget to run arbitrary commands on a system that is deserializing user input without validation.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23420

Code Behaviors & Features

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