vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary command execution (CVE-2018-6791)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Feb 7, 2018 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 7, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
When a vfat thumbdrive which contains `` or $() in its volume label is plugged and mounted trough the device notifier, it's interpreted as a shell command, leaving a possibility of arbitrary commands execution. an example of offending volume label is "$(touch b)" which will create a file called b in the home folder.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2018-6791
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-6791
- URL-https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389815
- URL-https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=9db872df82c258315c6ebad800af59e81ffb9212
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201802-4
- URL-https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4116
- CWE-78
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