xdg-utils shell characters vulnerability

Shell characteres vulnerability on invoking external application by URI...

Xdg-Utils: Arbitrary command execution

Background Xdg-Utils is a set of tools allowing all applications to easily integrate with the Free Desktop configuration. Description Miroslav Lichvar discovered that the "xdg-open" and "xdg-email" shell scripts do not properly sanitize their input before processing it. Impact A remote attacker...

Malicious XDG Desktop File

This module creates a malicious XDG Desktop .desktop file. On most modern systems, desktop files are not trusted by default. The user will receive a warning prompt that the file is not trusted when running the file, but may choose to run the file anyway. The default file manager applications in...