CVE-2015-1877

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-06-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-77

Description

The open_generic_xdg_mime function in xdg-open in xdg-utils 1.1.0 rc1 in Debian, when using dash, does not properly handle local variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted file.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
xdg-utils: 1.1.0-rc1

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3165
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72675
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=777722
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89129
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3165
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72675
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=777722
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89129

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