# CVE-2021-26917: PyBitmessage through 0.6.3.2 allows attackers to write screen captures to Potentially Unwanted Directories via a crafted apinotifypath value

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-02-08 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

PyBitmessage through 0.6.3.2 allows attackers to write screen captures to Potentially Unwanted Directories via a crafted apinotifypath value. NOTE: the discoverer states "security mitigation may not be necessary as there is no evidence yet that these screen intercepts are actually transported away from the local host." NOTE: it is unclear whether there are any common use cases in which apinotifypath is controlled by an attacker

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## References

- https://poal.co/s/technology/290479
- https://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage/releases
- https://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage/blob/f381721bec31641002e2f240309600c4994855a7/src/api.py#L35-L37
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1113/

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