Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-9622

RCE

Title: Gentoo Xdg-Utils RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-9622.

CWE Category CWE-77
Published Date Jan 21, 2015
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.70%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-9622: Eval injection vulnerability in xdg-utils 1.1.0 RC1, when no supported desktop environment is identified, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via the URL argument to xdg-open.

Impacted Vendors

G
gentoo 1
F
freedesktop 1

Reference Links

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/36 http://secunia.com/advisories/62155 http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3131 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/10 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71284 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66670 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472888 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-09 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/36 http://secunia.com/advisories/62155 http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3131 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/10 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71284 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66670 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472888 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-09
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-9622 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.