CVE-2014-2528 (GCVE-0-2014-2528)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-08-26 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:14
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Summary
kcleanup.cpp in KDirStat 2.7.3 does not properly quote strings when deleting a directory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a ' (single quote) character in the directory name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-2527.
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CWE
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2014-03-15 00:00
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