{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2014-2886", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "GLSA-201812-10", "refsource": "GENTOO", "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-10" }, { "name": "https://launchpad.net/bugs/1186676", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://launchpad.net/bugs/1186676" }, { "name": "http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40023", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40023" }, { "name": "https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/07/07/virtualbox-filename-command-execution-via-gksu", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/07/07/virtualbox-filename-command-execution-via-gksu" } ] } }