Improper input validation in Gentoo Xdg-Utils
CVE-2008-0386
Xdg-utils 1.0.2 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL argument to (1) xdg-open or (2) xdg-email.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.032 (88.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gentoo Xdg-Utils
- Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux — versions 2007.1, 2008.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open (Broken Link)
- webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email (Exploit)
- secunia.com/advisories/29048 (URL Repurposed, third-party-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-21.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/28728 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in (Exploit)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0342 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open (Exploit)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)