01 Record
CVE-2008-1568
comix 3.6.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a filename containing shell metacharacters that are not properly sanitized when executing the rar, unrar, or jpegtran programs.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
comix 3.6.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a filename containing shell metacharacters that are not properly sanitized when executing the rar, unrar, or jpegtran programs.
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
- 2.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.8% 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
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2008-03-31 22:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-03-31
- 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
- a7211f67198eed21b44bb2618783bd8194597cbf49b22eb75c58010430ad9aa2
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200804-29http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-29.xml
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2981https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00171.html
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=462840
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcomix-filename-command-execution(41554)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41554
- secunia.com29731http://secunia.com/advisories/29731
- www.securityfocus.com28547http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28547
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2993https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00183.html
- secunia.com29956http://secunia.com/advisories/29956
- secunia.com29621http://secunia.com/advisories/29621