parseusbs before 1.9 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in parseUSBs.py where LNK file paths are passed unsanitized into an os.popen() shell command, allowing arbitrary command execution via crafted .lnk filenames containing shell metacharacters. An attacker can craft a .lnk filename with embedded shell metacharacters that execute arbitrary commands on the forensic examiner's machine during USB artifact parsing.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.5 · khyrenzNVD modified 2026-10-27 10:14
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 4
- https://github.com/khyrenz/parseusbs/pull/10 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/khyrenz/parseusbs/commit/99f05996494e7e41ea0c7e13145ba20eb793e46b patch
- https://mobasi.ai/sentinel vendor-advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/parseusbs-command-injection-via-crafted-lnk-filename third-party-advisory