CVE-2009-0068

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-01-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: 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 products

xdg-utils: 1.0

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/06/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33137
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19377
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/06/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33137
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19377

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