CVE-2015-1877
HighRCE
Published: 02 June 2021
Published
02 June 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
—
Patch
18 February 2015
CVSS Score v3.1
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0059
69.7th percentile
Risk Priority
18
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2015-1877 is a high-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 30.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2015-1983
Vulnerability details
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.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
freedesktop
xdg-utils
1.1.0
debian
debian linux
7.0, 8.0
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.