The wordexp function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.21 does not enforce the WRDE_NOCMD flag, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by input containing "$((`...`))".
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-11-24T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:03:26.878Z

Reserved: 2014-10-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-7817

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-11-24T15:59:01.637

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:18:04.183

Link: CVE-2014-7817

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-11-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-7817 - Bugzilla