CVE-2023-24205 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Clash for Windows v0.20.12 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability which is exploited via overwriting the configuration file (cfw-setting.yaml).

Published: 2023-02-23

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:clash_project:clash:0.20.12:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-28264	Clash for Windows v0.20.12 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability which is exploited via overwriting the configuration file (cfw-setting.yaml).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02046.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Fndroid/clash_for_windows_pkg
https://github.com/Fndroid/clash_for_windows_pkg/issues/3891

History

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Clash Project Clash

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-02-23T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-12T16:21:32.874Z

Reserved: 2023-01-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-24205

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:49:09.226Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-23T22:15:11.523

Modified: 2025-03-12T17:15:39.053

Link: CVE-2023-24205

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-732

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