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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2014-2886

Modified

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-18 Sep, 2014 | 10:55

Updated At-06 May, 2026 | 22:30

GKSu 2.0.2, when sudo-mode is not enabled, uses " (double quote) characters in a gksu-run-helper argument, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands in certain situations involving an untrusted substring within this argument, as demonstrated by an untrusted filename encountered during installation of a VirtualBox extension pack.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	2.0	6.8	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 6.8

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CPE Matches

nongnu>>gksu>>2.0.2

cpe:2.3:a:nongnu:gksu:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-264	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: CWE-264

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40023	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/07/07/virtualbox-filename-command-execution-via-gksu	cve@mitre.org	Exploit
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1186676	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-10	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40023	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/07/07/virtualbox-filename-command-execution-via-gksu	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Exploit
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1186676	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-10	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A