CVE-2014-2886
Oracle VirtualBox GKSu Command Injection Vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 18, 2014, 10:55 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Gentoo has discontinued support for GKSu and recommends that users unmerge the package: # emerge --unmerge 'x11-libs/gksu'
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2014-2886 has a 1 public
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40023 Added Reference https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/07/07/virtualbox-filename-command-execution-via-gksu Added Reference https://launchpad.net/bugs/1186676 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-10 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 31, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-10 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 18, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.8
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.44 }} -0.24%
score
0.60334
percentile