CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedThe vulnerability affects desktop applications built with Pake versions prior to 3.13.1 across Windows, Linux, and Java platforms, allowing attackers to exploit unsanitized filename inputs in the download_file command. This can lead to path traversal attacks, enabling unauthorized file overwrites and potential persistence mechanisms, resulting in code execution within the user account. Developers and organizations utilizing Pake for application development should prioritize patching to mitigate this high-severity risk.
Public Exploit Signal
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Original NVD Description
Pake before 3.13.1 joins the JavaScript-supplied filename for the download_file Tauri command onto the user's Downloads directory with no sanitization. A filename containing path traversal sequences (for example ../Library/LaunchAgents/com.evil.plist) or an absolute path resolves outside ~/Downloads. The command then fetches attacker-controlled content from the supplied URL (via Rust HTTP, not the browser) and writes it to that path. A script that can invoke the command can overwrite user-writable files and install persistence (macOS LaunchAgents, Linux autostart, Windows Startup), leading to code execution in the user account. All desktop apps generated from an affected Pake tree expose the same command.