CVE-2021-23556

Summary

CVECVE-2021-23556
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-17 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-03-23 18:42:00 UTC
DescriptionThe package guake before 3.8.5 are vulnerable to Exposed Dangerous Method or Function due to the exposure of execute_command and execute_command_by_uuid methods via the d-bus interface, which makes it possible for a malicious user to run an arbitrary command via the d-bus method. **Note:** Exploitation requires the user to have installed another malicious program that will be able to send dbus signals or run terminal commands.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Guake-project Guake All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Exposed Dangerous Method or Function in guake | CVE-2021-23556 | Snyk MISC snyk.io
Fix arbitrary execution via dbus security flaw by Davidy22 · Pull Request #2017 · Guake/guake · GitHub MISC github.com
Fix arbitrary execution via dbus security flaw by Davidy22 · Pull Request #2017 · Guake/guake · GitHub MISC github.com
Releases · Guake/guake · GitHub MISC github.com
Security Issue: Exposure of sensitive function, malicious user can arbitrary command via an execute_command d-bus method. · Issue #1796 · Guake/guake · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: junorouse

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 183871 Debian Security Update for guake (CVE-2021-23556)

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