CVE catalog
CVE-2014-2886
UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2886
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.19% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | gksu | 14.04 | 2.0.2-6ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gksu | 16.04 | 2.0.2-9ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
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