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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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
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2014-09-18T10:55:08.313
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:07:07.933
Link: CVE-2014-2886
Redhat
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