CVE-2022-32278

Summary

CVECVE-2022-32278
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-06-13 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-07-08 16:46:00 UTC
DescriptionXFCE 4.16 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code because xdg-open can execute a .desktop file on an attacker-controlled FTP server.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Xfce Exo All All All All
Application Xfce Xfce 4.16 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.linkedin.com/in/igo0r MISC www.linkedin.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3056-1] exo security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5164-1 exo DEBIAN www.debian.org
exo-open : Only execute local .desktop files (c71c04ff) · Commits · Xfce / exo · GitLab MISC gitlab.xfce.org
Igor – Medium MISC medium.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179377 Debian Security Update for exo (DSA 5164-1)
  • 179486 Debian Security Update for exo (DLA 3056-1)
  • 184902 Debian Security Update for exo (CVE-2022-32278)
  • 199501 Ubuntu Security Notification for Exo Vulnerability (USN-6008-1)
  • 690880 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for xfce (55cff5d2-e95c-11ec-ae20-001999f8d30b)

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