CVE-2014-2886

Published Sep 18, 2014

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.8
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-264

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:nongnu:gksu:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B61F8B98-D41D-42D6-B7D7-A12C08DE0E70"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References