MEDIUM
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
Published Feb 4, 2008
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.17%
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.
Affected products
No data.
AND
Running on/with
OR
- 2007.1
- 2007.1
- 2008.0
- 2008.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.17% 0.03171
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03171
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.17% (0.03171) | 87.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.17% (0.03171) | 86.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.55% (0.02547) | 84.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 2.12% (0.02118) | 88.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 1.01% (0.01011) | 83.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.00% (0.04000) | 92.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2024 | 4.43% (0.04432) | 92.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 10, 2024 | 3.67% (0.03667) | 91.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 9, 2024 | 3.40% (0.03399) | 90.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01214) | 83.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 83.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 66.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (17)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207331 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28638 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28728 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29048 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAURL Repurposed
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-21.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in?r1=1.24&r2=1.25 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in?view=log x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email?r1=1.36&r2=1.37 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in?r1=1.17&r2=1.18 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open?r1=1.32&r2=1.33 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open?view=log x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:031 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27528 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019284 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0342 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429513 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 4, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 22, 2008
Link CVE-2008-0386
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a