CVE-2014-2527 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2014-08-26

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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 [-]

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.

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.

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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Kdirstat Project Kdirstat

Opensuse Opensuse

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-08-26T14:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2014-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

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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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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