{"cve":"CVE-2014-2886","nvd":{"published":"2014-09-18T10:55:08.313","modified":"2026-06-17T00:07:18.770","status":"Modified","description":"GKSu 2.0.2, when sudo-mode is not enabled, uses \" (double quote) characters in a gksu-run-helper argument, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands in certain situations involving an untrusted substring within this argument, as demonstrated by an untrusted filename encountered during installation of a VirtualBox extension pack.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40023","https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/07/07/virtualbox-filename-command-execution-via-gksu","https://launchpad.net/bugs/1186676","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-10","http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?40023"],"products":["nongnu:gksu"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:34:04.196504363+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-2886","score":0.02193,"percentile":0.82458,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}