CVE-2014-9622

Summary

CVECVE-2014-9622
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-21 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-01 01:29:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-77

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gentoo Xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc1 All All
Application Gentoo Xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: xdg-utils: xdg-open: command injection vulnerability MLIST www.openwall.com
Bug 66670 – xdg-open: command injection vulnerability CONFIRM bugs.freedesktop.org Exploit
Full Disclosure: xdg-open RCE FULLDISC seclists.org Exploit
Bug 472888 – =x11-misc/xdg-utils-1.1.0_rc1_p20130921: Command injection from `xdg-open` args (CVE-2014-9622) CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org Exploit
xdg-utils 'xdg-open' Remote Command Injection Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3131-1 xdg-utils DEBIAN www.debian.org
Xdg-Utils: Command injection (GLSA 201701-09) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Security Advisory SA62155 - Debian update for xdg-utils - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.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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