CVE-2014-2886
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.
- Affected products
- Gksu, Virtualbox
- Nongnu Gksu
- = 2.0.2
- Fix
- Available
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUM
- EPSS
- 2.2% (81th percentile)
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- NVD status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-09-18
CVE-2014-2886 at NVD
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