Eval injection vulnerability in xdg-utils 1.1.0 RC1, when no supported desktop environment is identified, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via the URL argument to xdg-open.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9622
• https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66670
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472888
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-09
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/36
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62155
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3131
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/10
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71284