VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2014-2886
CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.19%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-09-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
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.