CVE-2008-0386

Summary

CVECVE-2008-0386
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-04 23:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionXdg-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gentoo Xdg-utils All All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 All x86_64 All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Bug 207331 - x11-misc/xdg-utils < 1.0.2-r1: xdg-open/email URL arbitrary command execution (CVE-2008-0386) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Exploit
Gentoo update for xdg-utils - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[portland] Diff of /portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 webcvs.freedesktop.org Exploit
Bug 429513 – CVE-2008-0386 xdg-open allows to execute arbitrary commands af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
Xdg-utils Command Injection Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Xdg-Utils: Arbitrary command execution — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
xdg-utils 'xdg-open' and 'xdg-email' Multiple Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[portland] Log of /portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 webcvs.freedesktop.org Exploit
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com URL Repurposed
[portland] Diff of /portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 webcvs.freedesktop.org Exploit
[portland] Diff of /portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 webcvs.freedesktop.org Exploit
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Xdg-Utils Input Validation Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Commands af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
[portland] Diff of /portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 webcvs.freedesktop.org Exploit
[portland] Log of /portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 webcvs.freedesktop.org Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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