CVE-2021-23556

 

Published at: - 17-03-2022 01:15

Last modified: - 23-03-2022 07:42

Total changes: - 2

Description

The package guake before 3.8.5 are vulnerable to Exposed Dangerous Method or Function due to the exposure of execute_command and execute_command_by_uuid methods via the d-bus interface, which makes it possible for a malicious user to run an arbitrary command via the d-bus method. **Note:** Exploitation requires the user to have installed another malicious program that will be able to send dbus signals or run terminal commands.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

 

Verification logic

 

Reference

• https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017/commits/e3d671120bfe7ba28f50e256cc5e8a629781b888
• https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017
• https://github.com/Guake/guake/releases
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-GUAKE-2386334
• https://github.com/Guake/guake/issues/1796

 

Keywords

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CVE-2021-23556

 

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