CVE-2011-4783

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-12-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The IDAPython plugin before 1.5.2.3 in IDA Pro allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted IDB file, related to improper handling of certain swig_runtime_data files in the current working directory.

Affected products

Google Idapython: through 1.5.2; 1.2.0, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.5.0 (+1)

References

http://code.google.com/p/idapython/downloads/detail?name=idapython-1.5.2.3_ida6.1_py2.6_win32.zip
http://code.google.com/p/idapython/source/detail?r=361
http://secunia.com/advisories/47295
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr11-015
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71936
http://code.google.com/p/idapython/downloads/detail?name=idapython-1.5.2.3_ida6.1_py2.6_win32.zip
http://code.google.com/p/idapython/source/detail?r=361
http://secunia.com/advisories/47295
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr11-015
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71936

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