{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2886","details":"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.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:45:08Z","published":"2014-09-18T10:55:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-2886"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2886"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/07/07/virtualbox-filename-command-execution-via-gksu"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1186676"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40023"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2886"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gksu","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/gksu@2.0.2-6ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.0.2-6ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.0.2-6ubuntu2","binary_name":"gksu"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2886.json"}},{"package":{"name":"gksu","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/gksu@2.0.2-9ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.0.2-9ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.0.2-9ubuntu1","binary_name":"gksu"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2886.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}