CVE-2024-39904: Vnotex Vnote

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Vnotex Vnote: before 3.18.1 (fixed in 3.18.1)

Published 2024-07-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.