# CVE-2019-17664: NSA Ghidra through 9.0.4 uses a potentially untrusted search path.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-10-16 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

NSA Ghidra through 9.0.4 uses a potentially untrusted search path. When executing Ghidra from a given path, the Java process working directory is set to this path. Then, when launching the Python interpreter via the "Ghidra Codebrowser > Window > Python" option, Ghidra will try to execute the cmd.exe program from this working directory.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/issues/107

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