kiwi before 4.98.08, as used in SUSE Studio Onsite 1.2 before 1.2.1 and SUSE Studio Extension for System z 1.2 before 1.2.1, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the path of an overlay file, related to chown
Published Apr 16, 2014
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.58%
Description
kiwi before 4.98.08, as used in SUSE Studio Onsite 1.2 before 1.2.1 and SUSE Studio Extension for System z 1.2 before 1.2.1, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the path of an overlay file, related to chown.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 4.98.07
- 1.2
- 1.2
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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 | 2.58% (0.02578) | 84.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.58% (0.02578) | 83.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.49% (0.01486) | 79.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.93% (0.00929) | 83.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 14, 2024 | 0.93% (0.00929) | 82.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 11, 2024 | 1.12% (0.01123) | 84.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.12% (0.01123) | 82.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (3)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00015.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://github.com/openSUSE/kiwi/commit/f0f74b3f6ac6d47f7919aa9db380c0ad41ffe55f# x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00015.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://github.com/openSUSE/kiwi/commit/f0f74b3f6ac6d47f7919aa9db380c0ad41ffe55f# | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.