{"id":"CVE-2024-39904","aliases":["EUVD-2024-38293","GHSA-vhh5-8wcv-68gj"],"status":"published","title":"Code Execution Vulnerability via Local File Path Traversal in Vnote","description":"VNote is a note-taking platform. Prior to 3.18.1, a code execution vulnerability existed in VNote, which allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary programs on the victim's system. A crafted URI can be used in a note to perform this attack using file:/// as a link. For example, file:///C:/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary programs by embedding a reference to a local executable file such as file:///C:/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe and file:///C:/WINDOWS/system32/calc.exe. This vulnerability can be exploited by creating and sharing specially crafted notes. An attacker could send a crafted note file and perform further attacks. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.18.1.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00657,"percentile":0.51945,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-73"],"published":"2024-07-11T15:37:08Z","modified":"2026-10-28T10:41:52Z","products":[{"vendor":"vnotex","product":"vnote"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/security/advisories/GHSA-vhh5-8wcv-68gj","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/commit/3477469b669708ff547037fda9fc2817870428aa","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/39xxx/CVE-2024-39904.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39904","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-39904","title":"Code Execution Vulnerability via Local File Path Traversal in Vnote","description":"VNote is a note-taking platform. 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This allows attackers to execute arbitrary programs by embedding a reference to a local executable file such as file:///C:/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe and file:///C:/WINDOWS/system32/calc.exe. This vulnerability can be exploited by creating and sharing specially crafted notes. An attacker could send a crafted note file and perform further attacks. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.18.1.","status":"published","published":"2024-07-11T15:37:08.305Z","modified":"2026-10-28T10:41:52.068257731Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-73"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:41.618074Z"}]}}