Exposed Dangerous Method or Function Affecting guake package, versions [,3.8.5)
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.29% (70th
percentile)
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- published 7 Feb 2022
- disclosed 27 Jan 2022
- credit junorouse
Introduced: 27 Jan 2022
CVE-2021-23556 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade guake to version 3.8.5 or higher.
Overview
guake is a Guake Terminal
Affected versions of this package 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.
References
CVSS Scores
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