CVE-2021-23556 — Vulnetix

CVE-2021-23556 PUBLISHED

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 0.82% · 74.8th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.82%

74.8th 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

Exploit Intelligence

https://github.com/Guake/guake/issues/1796 (nist-nvd)
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-GUAKE-2386334 (nist-nvd)
https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017 (circl)
https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017/commits/e3d671120bfe7ba28f50e256cc5e8a629781b888 (circl)
https://github.com/Guake/guake/releases (circl)

Timeline

Mar 17, 2022 CVE Published
Mar 18, 2022 EPSS Score
May 8, 2022 EPSS Score
Jun 28, 2022 EPSS Score
Aug 19, 2022 EPSS Score
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Jan 20, 2023 EPSS Score
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May 2, 2023 EPSS Score
Jun 22, 2023 EPSS Score
Aug 12, 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

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