Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability in GKSu 2.0.2

CVE-2014-2886 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

GKSu 2.0.2, when sudo-mode is not enabled, uses " (double quote) characters in a gksu-run-helper argument, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands in certain situations involving an untrusted substring within this argument, as demonstrated by an untrusted filename encountered during installation of a VirtualBox extension pack.

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