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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…
Medium6.8EPSS 3.2%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (17)
- http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open?view=log (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email?r1=1.36&r2=1.37 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 29048 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200801-21 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 28728 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in?r1=1.24&r2=1.25 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0342 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1019284 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open?r1=1.32&r2=1.33 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207331 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in?r1=1.17&r2=1.18 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 27528 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in?view=log (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429513 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28638 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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