HIGH
comix: Command executions via improper shell escaping
Published Mar 31, 2008
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.30%
Description
comix 3.6.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a filename containing shell metacharacters that are not properly sanitized when executing the rar, unrar, or jpegtran programs.
Affected products
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
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.
2.30% 0.02304
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02304
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.30% (0.02304) | 82.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.30% (0.02304) | 81.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.79% (0.00793) | 72.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.34% (0.01337) | 86.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 6, 2024 | 1.19% (0.01194) | 84.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 14, 2024 | 0.87% (0.00866) | 81.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.87% (0.00866) | 79.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (13)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=462840 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29621 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29731 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29956 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-29.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28547 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1568 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=430635 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41554 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1568
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1568
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00171.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00183.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 31, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 31, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1568
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a