CVE-2024-37182: Mattermost Desktop App Remote Code Execution

June 14, 2024 (updated June 17, 2024)

Mattermost Desktop App versions <=5.7.0 fail to correctly prompt for permission when opening external URLs which allows a remote attacker to force a victim over the Internet to run arbitrary programs on the victim’s system via custom URI schemes.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-hvxg-77mg-vrvp
github.com/mattermost/desktop
github.com/mattermost/desktop/commit/1c9fc719dc2b74495a05f7ebc90e92e7daa03e6d
mattermost.com/security-updates
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37182

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