CVE-2014-2886

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-2886
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-09-18 10:55:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionGKSu 2.0.2, when sudo-mode is not enabled, uses " (double quote) characters in a gksu-run-helper argument, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands in certain situations involving an untrusted substring within this argument, as demonstrated by an untrusted filename encountered during installation of a VirtualBox extension pack.

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-264 | 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 Nongnu Gksu 2.0.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #1186676 “gksu handles quoted strings wrongly” : Bugs : gksu package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net
Metasploit: GKsu and VirtualBox Root Command Ex... | Rapid7 Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 community.rapid7.com Exploit
GKSu - Bugs: bug #40023, command is not escaped when... [Savannah] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 savannah.nongnu.org
GKSu: Arbitrary command execution (GLSA 201812-10) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
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