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A vulnerability was found in KDirStat 2.7.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the file kcleanup.cpp. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
kcleanup.cpp in KDirStat 2.7.0 does not properly quote strings when deleting a directory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a " (double quote) character in the directory name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-2528.
The weakness was shared 08/26/2014 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bitbucket.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-2527 since 03/17/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73259 (Fedora 20 : k4dirstat-2.7.0-0.14.20101010git6c0a9e6.fc20 (2014-4135)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 167063 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for kdirstat (SUSE-SU-2014:0930-1)).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (92038) and Tenable (73259). The entry 70740 is related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Command injectionCWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1202
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 73259
Nessus Name: Fedora 20 : k4dirstat-2.7.0-0.14.20101010git6c0a9e6.fc20 (2014-4135)
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OpenVAS ID: 867654
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for k4dirstat FEDORA-2014-4121
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Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: bitbucket.orgStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-2527 (🔍)
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X-Force: 92038
Vulnerability Center: 45187 - KDirStat before 2.7.5 Remote Code Execution due to Missing Escape of Executable Shell Command, Medium
SecurityFocus: 66297 - K4DirStat CVE-2014-2527 Remote Command Injection Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/26/2015 12:07Updated: 03/28/2022 15:01
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 (66), 06/01/2017 04:34 (5), 03/28/2022 15:01 (3)
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