8.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2015-1877

Published: 02/06/2021 Updated: 14/06/2021
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 2.8
VMScore: 605
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

The open_generic_xdg_mime function in xdg-open in xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc1 in Debian, when using dash, does not properly handle local variables, which allows remote malicious users to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted file.

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freedesktop xdg-utils 1.1.0

debian debian linux 7.0

debian debian linux 8.0

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Debian Bug report logs - #773085 xdg-utils: CVE-2014-9622: command injection vulnerability Package: src:xdg-utils; Maintainer for src:xdg-utils is Debian freedesktoporg maintainers <pkg-freedesktop-maintainers@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Michael Gilbert <mgilbert@debianorg> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 05:36:01 ...
Debian Bug report logs - #777722 xdg-open: CVE-2015-1877: command injection vulnerability Package: xdg-utils; Maintainer for xdg-utils is Debian freedesktoporg maintainers <pkg-freedesktop-maintainers@listsaliothdebianorg>; Source for xdg-utils is src:xdg-utils (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Jiri Horner <laeqten@g ...
Jiri Horner discovered a way to cause xdg-open, a tool that automatically opens URLs in a user's preferred application, to execute arbitrary commands remotely This problem only affects /bin/sh implementations that don't sanitize local variables Dash, which is the default /bin/sh in Debian is affected Bash as /bin/sh is known to be unaffected Fo ...