kcleanup.cpp in KDirStat 2.7.0 does not properly quote strings when deleting a directory, which allows remote attackers to execute…

Description

kcleanup.cpp in KDirStat 2.7.0 does not properly quote strings when deleting a directory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a " (double quote) character in the directory name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-2528.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (6)

• https://bitbucket.org/jeromerobert/k4dirstat/commits/1ad2e96d73fa06cd9be0f3749b337c03575016aa#chg-src/kcleanup.cpp (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2014:0984 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077059 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20140317 CVE request: kdirstat, insufficient quote escaping leading to arbitrary command execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20140318 Re: CVE request: kdirstat, insufficient quote escaping leading to arbitrary command execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=741659 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2014-2527](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2014-2527.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2014-2527)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 10:14 UTC.