CVE-2021-23556

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

8.0

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.823

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-23556 are fixed in Python-guake 3.8.5	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-23556 are fixed in Python-guake for linux 3.8.5	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234