fkie_cve-2009-0068
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2009-01-07 19:30
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/06/1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33137
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19377
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/06/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33137
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19377
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
freedesktop xdg-utils 1.0
mozilla firefox *


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