CVE-2015-1877

HIGH8.8EPSS 0.59%

xdg-utils - security update

Published: 6/2/2021Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1877

Description

The open_generic_xdg_mime function in xdg-open in xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc1 in Debian, when using dash, does not properly handle local variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted file.

Affected packages (2)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1HIGH8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (1)