CVE-2014-9622
Eval injection vulnerability in xdg-utils 1.1.0 RC1, when no supported desktop environment is identified, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via the URL argument to xdg-open.
02 Description
Eval injection vulnerability in xdg-utils 1.1.0 RC1, when no supported desktop environment is identified, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via the URL argument to xdg-open.
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
- 3.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.2% 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
- 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
- 2015-01-21 18:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-17
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b7662a41e96652b8d22e3b2b1261d2cccba21c42a27eb49edd222bebc843e060
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.freedesktop.orghttps://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66670
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472888
- seclists.org20141114 xdg-open RCEhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/36
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150117 Re: CVE Request: xdg-utils: xdg-open: command injection vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/10
- secunia.com62155http://secunia.com/advisories/62155
- www.securityfocus.com71284http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71284
- www.debian.orgDSA-3131http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3131
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-09https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-09
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xdg-utils Fixed in 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xdg-utils Fixed in 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xdg-utils Fixed in 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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