CVE-2014-9622

xdg-utils: Eval injection in xdg-open allows arbitrary command execution on crafted URL

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

CVSS 3.0

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Published · June 10, 2013

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

Eval injection vulnerability in xdg-utils 1.1.0 RC1, when no supported desktop environment is identified, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via the URL argument to xdg-open.

Statement

This issue affects the versions of xdg-utils as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having a security impact of Moderate. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 · 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-95 · Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')