GHSA-5cxw-w2xg-2m8h: fickling's `platform` module subprocess invocation evades `check_safety()` with `LIKELY_SAFE`
A crafted pickle invoking platform._syscmd_file, platform.architecture, or platform.libc_ver passes check_safety() with Severity.LIKELY_SAFE and zero findings. During fickling.loads(), these functions invoke subprocess.check_output with attacker-controlled arguments or read arbitrary files from disk.
Clarification: The subprocess call uses a list argument (['file', '-b', target]), not shell=True, so the attacker controls the file path argument to the file command, not the command itself. The impact is subprocess invocation with attacker-controlled arguments and information disclosure (file type probing), not arbitrary command injection.
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