Is CVE-2008-0386 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-0386 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-0386?

CVE-2008-0386 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-0386

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.2%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 3.2% (88th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-0396)
Published: February 4, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0396 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

gentoo / xdg-utils
mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
mandrakesoft / mandrake linux

References

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)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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