Description
kcleanup.cpp in KDirStat 2.7.3 does not properly quote strings when deleting a directory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a ' (single quote) character in the directory name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-2527.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bitbucket.org/jeromerobert/k4dirstat/commits/1ad2e96d73fa06cd9be0f3749b337c03575016aa#chg-src/kcleanup.cpp
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00015.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/17/2
Patch mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/18/2
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=741659
Scores
EPSS
0.0092
EPSS Percentile
76.2%
Details
Status
published
Products (2)
kdirstat_project/kdirstat
2.7.3
opensuse/opensuse
13.1
Published
Aug 26, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026