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Xdg-utils Command Injection Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA28638
Release Date: 2008-01-31
Popularity: 4,844 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

Software:Xdg-utils 1.x

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Xdg-utils, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to the "xgd-open" and "xdg-email" scripts not correctly sanitising parameters before using them in a sed call. This can be exploited to inject and execute shell commands if e.g. a malicious URL is passed to the affected scripts.

Successful exploitation requires that the scripts are not used in a KDE, Gnome, or XFCE session.

The vulnerabilities are reported in version 1.0.2. Other versions may also be affected.

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