# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-49c8-cmr9-7c94

## 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 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12891?

It affects 2 products.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2020-12980](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12980/): Memory corruption in AMD Radeon Software (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-12981](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12981/): Memory corruption in AMD Radeon Software (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-12982](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12982/): Use after free in AMD Radeon Software (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-12983](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12983/): Memory corruption in AMD Radeon Software (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-12985](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12985/): Privilege escalation in AMD Radeon Software (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-12891 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12891 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Amd Radeon Software. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12891/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12891/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12891
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12891
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-12891

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