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> No idea - but it's a common exploit used to DL a torrent then run a post DL script .bat file to DL and run a crypto miner. Who or what triggers the execution
by samus 3y ago
> No idea - but it's a common exploit used to DL a torrent then run a post DL script .bat file to DL and run a crypto miner.
Who or what triggers the execution of that script? If it is QBT, it almost sounds like malicious intent from the side of its developers.
- 0xcoffee 3y agoPerhaps this is what they were talking about: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2019-13640/ https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2019-13640/ > In qBittorrent before 4.1.7, the function Application::runExternalProgram() located in app/application.cpp allows command injection via shell metacharacters in the torrent name parameter or current tracker parameter, as demonstrated by remote command execution via a crafted name within an RSS feed.