CVE-2014-2886 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

GKSu 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.

Published: 2014-09-18

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nongnu:gksu:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-2910	GKSu 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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00442.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40023
https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/07/07/virtualbox-filename-command-execution-via-gksu
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1186676
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-10

History

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Subscriptions

Nongnu Gksu

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-09-18T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:28:46.065Z

Reserved: 2014-04-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-2886

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-09-18T10:55:08.313

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-2886

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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