CVE-2014-2527 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

kcleanup.cpp in KDirStat 2.7.0 does not properly quote strings when deleting a directory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a " (double quote) character in the directory name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-2528.

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

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00953.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Kdirstat Project	Kdirstat
Opensuse	Opensuse

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:kdirstat_project:kdirstat:2.7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-2563	kcleanup.cpp in KDirStat 2.7.0 does not properly quote strings when deleting a directory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a " (double quote) character in the directory name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-2528.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00015.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/17/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/18/2
https://bitbucket.org/jeromerobert/k4dirstat/commits/1ad2e96d73fa06cd9be0f3749b337c03575016aa#chg-src/kcleanup.cpp
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=741659
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077059

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-08-26T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:14:26.555Z

Reserved: 2014-03-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-2527

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-08-26T14:55:05.500

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-2527

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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