CVE-2014-2886

Published: Sep 18, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

6.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Nongnu: Gksu

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Nongnu Gksu	Version 2.0.2

Related CWEs

References (8)

http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40023

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/07/07/virtualbox-filename-command-execution-via-gksu

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

https://launchpad.net/bugs/1186676

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-10

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40023

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/07/07/virtualbox-filename-command-execution-via-gksu

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

https://launchpad.net/bugs/1186676

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-10

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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