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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-09-18T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:28:46.065Z

Reserved: 2014-04-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-2886

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-09-18T10:55:08.313

Modified: 2018-12-31T11:29:00.313

Link: CVE-2014-2886

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