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CVE-2021-23556
CVE-2021-23556
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8 HIGH
The package guake before 3.8.5 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.
EPSS 1.13% · 64.2th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
1.13%
64.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:25.10 | guake | 3.10-2, 0 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | guake | 3.10-2, 3.10-1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | guake | 3.8.0-1, 3.6.3-2, 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | guake | 3.0.4-1, 0, 0.8.8-1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | guake | 0, 3.6.3-2, 3.6.3-1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | guake | 0.7.2-1, 0.8.0-1, 0 |
Timeline
- Mar 17, 2022 CVE Published
- Mar 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 8, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jun 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Aug 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 10, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 21, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 13, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jun 24, 2023 EPSS Score
- Aug 14, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23556 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017/commits/e3d671120bfe7ba28f50e256cc5e8a629781b888 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/Guake/guake/releases third-party-advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-GUAKE-2386334 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/Guake/guake/issues/1796 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-23556 third-party-advisory