Secunia Logo  


Secunia PSI WorldMap
 
Xfce Terminal "Open Link" Command Injection Security Issue
Secunia Advisory: SA26037
Release Date: 2007-07-12
Last Update: 2007-07-19
Popularity: 6,722 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Xfce Terminal 0.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

Subscribe: Instant alerts on relevant vulnerabilities


Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Description:
Lasse Kärkkäinen has reported a security issue in Xfce Terminal, which can be exploited by malicious people to inject shell commands.

The "terminal_helper_execute()" function in terminal/terminal.c uses "/bin/sh -c" to spawn the browser process. This can be used to disclose sensitive information or execute shell commands by e.g. tricking a user into opening a malicious link using the "Open Link" functionality.

The security issue is confirmed in version 0.2.6 for Fedora Core 6 and Mozilla Firefox as default browser. Other versions may also be affected.

Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]



Track this Secunia Advisory
Customers of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence solutions will automatically receive updates when new information regarding this advisory is released.

Read more about our Vulnerability Intelligence solutions and what they can do for you and your company.

About this Secunia Advisory
Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
  
Latest Advisories

Send Feedback to Secunia
If you have new information regarding this Secunia advisory or a product in our database, please send it to us using either our web form or email us at vuln@secunia.com.

Ideas, suggestions, and other feedback are most welcome.

Most Popular - 3 Hours

1. Internet Explorer Charset Inheritance Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability // 66 views
2. Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities // 43 views
3. Adobe Reader/Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities // 26 views
4. Zeroboard Two Vulnerabilities // 24 views
5. Huawei D100 Information Disclosure and Undocumented Telnet Account // 23 views
6. Zeroboard Multiple Vulnerabilities // 18 views
7. Microsoft PowerPoint OutlineTextRefAtom Parsing Vulnerability // 17 views
8. Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities // 16 views
9. Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities // 15 views
10. Internet Explorer 7 Window Injection Vulnerability // 14 views