cvelist/2014/2xxx/CVE-2014-2886.json

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        "ID": "CVE-2014-2886",
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                                            "version_value": "n/a"
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                "value": "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."
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            {
                "name": "GLSA-201812-10",
                "refsource": "GENTOO",
                "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-10"
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            {
                "name": "https://launchpad.net/bugs/1186676",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "https://launchpad.net/bugs/1186676"
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            {
                "name": "http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40023",
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                "url": "http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40023"
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                "name": "https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/07/07/virtualbox-filename-command-execution-via-gksu",
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                "url": "https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/07/07/virtualbox-filename-command-execution-via-gksu"
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