CVE-2014-2528
kcleanup.cpp in KDirStat 2.7.3 does not properly quote strings when deleting a directory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a ' (single quote) character in the directory
02 Description
kcleanup.cpp in KDirStat 2.7.3 does not properly quote strings when deleting a directory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a ' (single quote) character in the directory
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
- 2.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.6% 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 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2014-08-26 14:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-03-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c2a85dd495eba2f8a4d3607c76b1519eeabd6fbf63f621a7ea39b02c336c0d12
05 Affected products
06 References
- bitbucket.orghttps://bitbucket.org/jeromerobert/k4dirstat/commits/1ad2e96d73fa06cd9be0f3749b337c03575016aa#chg-src/kcleanup.cpp
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0984http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00015.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140317 CVE request: kdirstat, insufficient quote escaping leading to arbitrary command executionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/17/2
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140318 Re: CVE request: kdirstat, insufficient quote escaping leading to arbitrary command executionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/18/2
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=741659
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- k4dirstat Fixed in 2.7.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- k4dirstat Fixed in 2.7.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- k4dirstat Fixed in 2.7.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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