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FKIE_CVE-2014-2886

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-09-18 10:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:07
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40023
cve@mitre.orghttps://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/07/07/virtualbox-filename-command-execution-via-gksuExploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://launchpad.net/bugs/1186676
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-10
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40023
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/07/07/virtualbox-filename-command-execution-via-gksuExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/bugs/1186676
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-10
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
nongnu gksu 2.0.2
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