Security Advisory
CVE-2019-18182
9.8
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Description
pacman before 5.2 is vulnerable to arbitrary command injection in conf.c in the download_with_xfercommand() function. This can be exploited when unsigned databases are used. To exploit the vulnerability, the user must enable a non-default XferCommand and retrieve an attacker-controlled crafted database and package.
Published Date
February 24, 2020
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory