CVE-2014-2886

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Published Sep 18, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 2.2% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nongnu:gksu:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-2910	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

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Exploit prediction score: 2.2% (2.193% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40023
https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/07/07/virtualbox-filename-command-execution-via-gksu
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1186676
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-10

History

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Subscriptions

Nongnu Gksu

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 10:28 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 18, 2014, 10:00 AM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 10:28 AM
Reserved: Apr 17, 2014, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:07 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 18, 2014, 10:55 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:07 AM

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