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CVE-2008-0386

Xdg-utils 1.0.2 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL argument to (1) xdg-open or (2) xdg-email.

Published

2008-02-04T23:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	mandrakesoft	mandrake_linux	2007.1	No
Operating System	mandrakesoft	mandrake_linux	2007.1	No
Operating System	mandrakesoft	mandrake_linux	2008.0	No
Operating System	mandrakesoft	mandrake_linux	2008.0	No
Application	gentoo	xdg-utils	≤ 1.0.2	Yes

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207331 Exploit ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28638 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28728 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048 URL Repurposed ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-21.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in?r1=1.24&r2=1.25 Exploit ([email protected])
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in?view=log Exploit ([email protected])
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email?r1=1.36&r2=1.37 Exploit ([email protected])
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in?r1=1.17&r2=1.18 Exploit ([email protected])
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open?r1=1.32&r2=1.33 Exploit ([email protected])
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open?view=log Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:031 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27528 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019284 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0342 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429513 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207331 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28638 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28728 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048 URL Repurposed (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-21.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in?r1=1.24&r2=1.25 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in?view=log Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email?r1=1.36&r2=1.37 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in?r1=1.17&r2=1.18 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open?r1=1.32&r2=1.33 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open?view=log Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:031 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27528 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019284 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0342 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429513 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)