CVE-2021-28927 is a command injection vulnerability in the text-to-speech engine of libretro RetroArch for Windows version 1.9.0. It allows attackers with write access to RetroArch-used filesystems to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious file and directory names, which are unsafely passed to PowerShell. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.9.0, <= 1.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libretro:retroarch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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