What is CVE-2019-12997?

CVE-2019-12997 is a high-severity vulnerability in Icon Loopchain, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-06-28.

How severe is CVE-2019-12997?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-12997 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Icon Loopchain

CVE-2019-12997

In Loopchain through 2.2.1.3, an attacker can escalate privileges from a low-privilege shell by changing the environment (aka injection in the DEFAULT_SCORE_HOST environment variable).

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.021 (79.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Icon Loopchain
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

memN0ps/memN0ps

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12997?: CVE-2019-12997 is a high-severity vulnerability in Icon Loopchain, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-06-28.
How severe is CVE-2019-12997?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-12997 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.