CVE-2008-0386

Exp

Xdg-utils 1.0.2 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL argument to (1) xdg-open or (2) xdg-email.

Published: 2008-02-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-0386 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.17%). 6 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-0386

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0386

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 3.08% 3.17% +0.09%
2 2026-04-21 2.89% 3.08% +0.19%
3 2026-03-01 — 2.89% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0386

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0386

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-0386

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2008-0386 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xdg-utils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0386
gentoo normal CVE-2008-0386: 1 GLSA(s) (200801-21), 1 atom(s) (x11-misc/xdg-utils); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-0386
suse medium CVE-2008-0386 severity moderate: SUSE including 4 source package names (xdg-utils-1.0.2-36.18, xdg-utils-1.1.3+20201113-1.2, xdg-utils-1.2.1-160000.2.2, xdg-utils-screensaver-1.2.1-160000.2.2), 7 product×package rows across 6 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2, … (6 product lines)): Fixed 7. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0386/
ubuntu low CVE-2008-0386 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (xdg-utils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): not-affected 3, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0386

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0386

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gentoo xdg-utils <= 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:xdg-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0386

URL Tags
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207331 Exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28638 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28728 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048 URL Repurposed
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-21.xml Third Party Advisory
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in?r1=1.24&r2=1.25 Exploit
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in?view=log Exploit
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email?r1=1.36&r2=1.37 Exploit
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in?r1=1.17&r2=1.18 Exploit
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open?r1=1.32&r2=1.33 Exploit
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open?view=log Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:031 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27528 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019284 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0342 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429513 Issue Tracking
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