Command Injection in Freedesktop Xdg-Utils



| Updated: 2020-08-09
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2014-9622
CWE-ID CWE-77
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Xdg-Utils
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor Freedesktop.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Command Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU40933

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9622

CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Xdg-Utils: 1.1.0

CPE2.3 External links

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/36
http://secunia.com/advisories/62155
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3131
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/10
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71284
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66670
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472888
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-09


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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