01 Record
CVE-2008-0386
Xdg-utils 1.0.2 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL argument to (1) xdg-open or (2) xdg-email.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Xdg-utils 1.0.2 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL argument to (1) xdg-open or (2) xdg-email.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-02-04 22:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-01-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 94e0617489e9160efeb95cd7804c406a168c19a341a84dad850398b7f0d43a00
05 Affected products
06 References
- webcvs.freedesktop.orghttp://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open?view=log
- webcvs.freedesktop.orghttp://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email?r1=1.36&r2=1.37
- secunia.com29048http://secunia.com/advisories/29048
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200801-21http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-21.xml
- secunia.com28728http://secunia.com/advisories/28728
- webcvs.freedesktop.orghttp://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in?r1=1.24&r2=1.25
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0342http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0342
- www.securitytracker.com1019284http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019284
- webcvs.freedesktop.orghttp://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open?r1=1.32&r2=1.33
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:031http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:031
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207331
- webcvs.freedesktop.orghttp://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in?r1=1.17&r2=1.18
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:004http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
- www.securityfocus.com27528http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27528
- webcvs.freedesktop.orghttp://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in?view=log
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429513
- secunia.com28638http://secunia.com/advisories/28638