CVE-2015-0853

high
Published 2017-09-06 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
8.8

Description

svn-workbench 1.6.2 and earlier on a system with xeyes installed allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by using the "Command Shell" menu item while in the directory trunk/$(xeyes).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — http://pysvn.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=202

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
pysvn_projectsvn-workbench{"endIncluding":"1.6.2"}

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.