RCE in Gentoo Xdg-Utils
CVE-2014-9622
Eval injection vulnerability in xdg-utils 1.1.0 RC1, when no supported desktop environment is identified, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via the URL argument to xdg-open.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
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: 0.033 (88.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gentoo Xdg-Utils — versions 1.1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/36 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/10 (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/62155 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/71284 (vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3131 (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-09 (vendor-advisory)