VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-23556

HIGH 8.0EPSS 1.13%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 3.1: 8.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 1.13% probability · 65th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: guake-project/guake
Source: report@snyk.io

References

https://github.com/Guake/guake/issues/1796Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017/commits/e3d671120bfe7ba28f50e256cc5e8a629781b888Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Guake/guake/releasesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-GUAKE-2386334Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Guake/guake/issues/1796Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017/commits/e3d671120bfe7ba28f50e256cc5e8a629781b888Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Guake/guake/releasesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-GUAKE-2386334Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.