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.

CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2014-09-18 10:55

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:31

NVD link : CVE-2014-2886

Mitre link : CVE-2014-2886

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-2886

JSON object : View

Products Affected

nongnu

gksu

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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