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.

• CWE-20

• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207331Exploit
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28638Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28728Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29048URL Repurposed
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-21.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in?r1=1.24&r2=1.25Exploit
• http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in?view=logExploit
• http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email?r1=1.36&r2=1.37Exploit
• http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in?r1=1.17&r2=1.18Exploit
• http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open?r1=1.32&r2=1.33Exploit
• http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open?view=logBroken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:031Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27528Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019284Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0342Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429513Issue Tracking
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207331Exploit
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28638Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28728Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29048URL Repurposed
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-21.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in?r1=1.24&r2=1.25Exploit
• http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in?view=logExploit
• http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email?r1=1.36&r2=1.37Exploit
• http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in?r1=1.17&r2=1.18Exploit
• http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open?r1=1.32&r2=1.33Exploit
• http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open?view=logBroken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:031Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27528Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019284Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0342Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429513Issue Tracking

Published

Feb 4, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified