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CVE-2008-0386

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0386 describes a vulnerability in Xdg-utils versions 1.0.2 and earlier, affecting products like Gentoo and Mandrake Linux. This flaw allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting shell metacharacters into URL arguments processed by xdg-open or xdg-email. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or significant community discussion has been identified.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:xdg-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0317 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
secunia.com / advisories/28638
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28728
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29048
URL Repurposed
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200801-21.xml
Third Party Advisory
webcvs.freedesktop.org / portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in
Exploit
webcvs.freedesktop.org / portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in
Exploit
webcvs.freedesktop.org / portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email
Exploit
webcvs.freedesktop.org / portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in
Exploit
webcvs.freedesktop.org / portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open
Exploit
webcvs.freedesktop.org / portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/27528
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0342
Third Party Advisory