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Advisory details: ubuntu_osv / UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2886
Advisory ID ubuntu_osv/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2886
Aliases CVE-2014-2886
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 2.7
Risk 1.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
ubuntu-priority low https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2886.json
Reference id Reference type URL
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40023
https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/07/07/virtualbox-filename-command-execution-via-gksu
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1186676
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2886
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2886
No exploits are available.

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Patch URL
There are no known patches.
There are no known vectors.

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