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CVE-2020-15692

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 4.21% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-08-14 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2020-15692
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.21%

Original NVD Description

In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library browsers mishandles the URL argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser. This argument can be a local file path that will be opened in the default explorer. An attacker can pass one argument to the underlying open command to execute arbitrary registered system commands.

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