Obsidian Desktop up to 1.2.7 App Scheme path traversal

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Obsidian Desktop up to 1.2.7. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component App Scheme Handler. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-2110. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Obsidian Desktop up to 1.2.7. This affects an unknown code of the component App Scheme Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper path handling in Obsidian desktop before 1.2.8 on Windows, Linux and macOS allows a crafted webpage to access local files and exfiltrate them to remote web servers via "app://local/". This vulnerability can be exploited if a user opens a malicious markdown file in Obsidian, or copies text from a malicious webpage and paste it into Obsidian.

The weakness was shared 08/19/2023. The advisory is shared at starlabs.sg. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-2110 since 04/17/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.2.8 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at obsidian.md.

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• Obsidian

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• Desktop

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• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.2.5
• 1.2.6
• 1.2.7

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