CVE-2014-2527

kcleanup.cpp in KDirStat 2.7.0 does not properly quote strings when deleting a directory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a " (double quote) character in the directory name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-2528.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.8 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2014-08-26

Last modified

2024-08-06

Affected products

• Kdirstat (Kdirstat Project)
• Opensuse (Opensuse)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00015.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/17/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/18/2
• https://bitbucket.org/jeromerobert/k4dirstat/commits/1ad2e96d73fa06cd9be0f3749b337c03575016aa#chg-src/kcleanup.cpp
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=741659
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077059