CVE-2015-1877

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The open_generic_xdg_mime function in xdg-open in xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc1 in Debian, when using dash, does not properly handle local variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-77

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3165Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72675Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=777722Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89129Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3165Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72675Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=777722Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89129Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 2, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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