CVE-2008-0386

Summary

CVECVE-2008-0386
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-04 23:00:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-09 02:47:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-20

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 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
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 All x86_64 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

References

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