### [CVE-2017-16615](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16615)
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### Description

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in the parse_yaml_query method in parser.py in MLAlchemy before 0.2.2. When processing YAML-Based queries for data, a YAML parser can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution because load is used where safe_load should have been used. An attacker can insert Python into loaded YAML to trigger this vulnerability.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://github.com/thanethomson/MLAlchemy/issues/1
- https://github.com/thanethomson/MLAlchemy/issues/1
- https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/08/cve-2017-16615-critical-restful-web-applications-vulnerability/
- https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/08/cve-2017-16615-critical-restful-web-applications-vulnerability/

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon