Vulnerability · Published Dec 23, 2022 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2021-32692Activity Watch vulnerable to command execution on macOS via printAppTitle.scpt
Critical 9.6
In plain English
A critical-severity command injection in Activity Watch from ActivityWatch. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Activity Watch is a free and open-source automated time tracker. Versions prior to 0.11.0 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on any macOS machine with ActivityWatch running. The attacker can exploit this vulnerability by having the user visiting a website with the page title set to a malicious string. An attacker could use another application to accomplish the same, but the web browser is the most likely attack vector. This issue is patched in version 0.11.0. As a workaround, users can run the latest version of aw-watcher-window from source, or manually patch the `printAppTitle.scpt` file.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ActivityWatch | Activity Watch | 0.11.0 – before 0.11.0 |
Weakness: CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H