CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-0068
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-01-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Description
Interaction error in xdg-open allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a file with a dangerous MIME type but using a safe type that Firefox sends to xdg-open, which causes xdg-open to process the dangerous file type through automatic type detection, as demonstrated by overwriting the .desktop file.
Affected configurations
• freedesktop xdg-utils 1.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/06/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33137 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19377 bugs.freedesktop.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/06/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33137 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19377 bugs.freedesktop.org