CVE-2014-9622

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9622
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-21 18:59:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionEval 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.

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-77 | 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 1.1.0 rc1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 66670 – xdg-open: command injection vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.freedesktop.org Exploit
Full Disclosure: xdg-open RCE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
Bug 472888 – =x11-misc/xdg-utils-1.1.0_rc1_p20130921: Command injection from `xdg-open` args (CVE-2014-9622) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Exploit
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3131-1 xdg-utils af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
xdg-utils 'xdg-open' Remote Command Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Xdg-Utils: Command injection (GLSA 201701-09) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Security Advisory SA62155 - Debian update for xdg-utils - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: xdg-utils: xdg-open: command injection vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710535 Gentoo Linux Xdg-Utils Command injection Vulnerability (GLSA 201701-09)
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