Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in Electrum Python Console

CVE-2018-6353 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The Python console in Electrum through 2.9.4 and 3.x through 3.0.5 supports arbitrary Python code without considering (1) social-engineering attacks in which a user pastes code that they do not understand and (2) code pasted by a physically proximate attacker at an unattended workstation, which makes it easier for attackers to steal Bitcoin via hook code that runs at a later time when the wallet password has been entered, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-1000022.

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