Command Injection in Xdg-Utils - CVE-2014-9622
Published: January 21, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40933
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9622
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Xdg-Utils
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9622
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- 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
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66670
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472888
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-09