CVE-2020-12891 Path traversal in Radeon Pro Software for Enterprise
An unprivileged user can execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious DLL in a directory listed in the system path, affecting AMD Radeon Software users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-12891?
CVE-2020-12891 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Amd Radeon Software, published on 4 Feb 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
AMD Radeon Software may be vulnerable to DLL Hijacking through path variable. An unprivileged user may be able to drop its malicious DLL file in any location which is in path environment variable.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12891?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Amd Radeon Pro Software, Amd Radeon Software.
How do I fix CVE-2020-12891?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12891 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2020-12891 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12891 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Amd Radeon Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-49c8-cmr9-7c94.