RCE in Freedesktop Xdg-utils
CVE-2009-0068
Interaction error in xdg-open allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a file with a dangerous MIME type but using a safe type that Firefox sends to xdg-open, which causes xdg-open to process the dangerous file type thr…
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
EPSS: 0.022 (80.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Freedesktop Xdg-utils — versions 1.0
- Mozilla Firefox
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)