UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2886

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2886

    Published: 18 Sept 2014Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-2886

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2886, https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/07/07/virtualbox-filename-command-execution-via-gksu, https://launchpad.net/bugs/1186676, http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40023, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2886

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gksu

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.0.2-6ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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