CVE-2015-0853

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-09-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

svn-workbench 1.6.2 and earlier on a system with xeyes installed allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by using the "Command Shell" menu item while in the directory trunk/$(xeyes).

Affected products

Pysvn Project Svn-Workbench: through 1.6.2

References

http://pysvn.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=202
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/13/3
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798863
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/svn-workbench/+bug/1495268
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262928
http://pysvn.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=202
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/13/3
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798863
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/svn-workbench/+bug/1495268
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262928

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