CVE-2014-2527
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.0%EU EUVD
kcleanup.cpp in KDirStat 2.7.0 does not properly quote strings when deleting a directory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a " (double quote) character in the directory name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-2528.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 3.0% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-2563)
- Published
- August 26, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-2563 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- kdirstat project / kdirstat
- opensuse / opensuse
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00015.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/17/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/18/2(Patch)
- https://bitbucket.org/jeromerobert/k4dirstat/commits/1ad2e96d73fa06cd9be0f3749b337c03575016aa#chg-src/kcleanup.cpp(Exploit, Patch)
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=741659
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077059
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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