CVE-2015-1877 — Command Injection in Xdg-utils

CWE-77 — Command Injection7 documents6 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.7%
top 17.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Freedesktop Xdg-utilsDebian Xdg-utilsDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJun 2
Latest updateMay 24

Description

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 attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/xdg-utils< xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.4 (bookworm)
▶Debianfreedesktop/xdg-utils< 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.4+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: bugs.debian.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2mj7-mx8w-ppw2: The open_generic_xdg_mime function in xdg-open in xdg-utils 1↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2015-1877: The open_generic_xdg_mime function in xdg-open in xdg-utils 1↗2021-06-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
xdg-utils: command injection vulnerability due to local variables collision in xdg-open↗2015-02-11
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Debian
CVE-2015-1877: xdg-utils - The open_generic_xdg_mime function in xdg-open in xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc1 in Debian,...↗2015
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-1877 xdg-utils: command injection vulnerability due to local variables collision in xdg-open [fedora-all]↗2015-02-19
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-1877 xdg-utils: command injection vulnerability due to local variables collision in xdg-open↗2015-02-19
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