CVE-2016-10081

/usr/bin/shutter in Shutter through 0.93.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute...

7.8 HighPublic exploitFix available

/usr/bin/shutter in Shutter through 0.93.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted image name that is mishandled during a "Run a plugin" action.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

6.67%Up 3.9 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

/usr/bin/shutter in Shutter through 0.93.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted image name that is mishandled during a "Run a plugin" action.

Record: CVE-2016-10081
CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-19
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

/usr/bin/shutter in Shutter through 0.93.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted image name that is mishandled during a "Run a plugin" action.

Record: CVE-2016-10081
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-1273 No score

/usr/bin/shutter in Shutter through 0.93.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted image name that is mishandled during a "Run a plugin" action.

Record: EUVD-2016-1273
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6xq4-jfqg-x25m 7.8

/usr/bin/shutter in Shutter through 0.93.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute...

/usr/bin/shutter in Shutter through 0.93.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted image name that is mishandled during a "Run a plugin" action.

Record: GHSA-6xq4-jfqg-x25m
CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 7.8

/usr/bin/shutter in Shutter through 0.93.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted image name that is mishandled during a "Run a plugin" action.

Record: CVE-2016-10081
CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-10081 7.8

/usr/bin/shutter in Shutter through 0.93.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted image name that is mishandled during a "Run a plugin" action.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10081
CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-10081 7.8

/usr/bin/shutter in Shutter through 0.93.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted image name that is mishandled during a "Run a plugin" action.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10081
CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVMGASA-2017-0292 No score

Updated shutter packages fix security vulnerability

Remote attackers could trick users into assisting them in executing arbitrary commands via a crafted image name that is mishandled during a "Run a plugin" action (CVE-2016-10081).

Record: MGASA-2017-0292
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

shutter-project shutter

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`shutter` Debian:12	before 0.93.1-1.3	0.93.1-1.3
`shutter` Debian:13	before 0.93.1-1.3	0.93.1-1.3
`shutter` Debian:14	before 0.93.1-1.3	0.93.1-1.3
`shutter` Mageia:5	before 0.93.1-1.2.mga5	0.93.1-1.2.mga5
`shutter` Mageia:6	before 0.93.1-6.1.mga6	0.93.1-6.1.mga6
`shutter` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 0.92-0.1ubuntu10.93.1-1ubuntu1	None known
`shutter` Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	before 0.94-1, plus listed versions 0.93.1-2	0.94-1

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Shutter 0.93.1 - Code Execution	2016-12-26

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-10081 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Shutter-project Shutter, published December 29, 2016. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.67%, the 93rd percentile. Fixed in shutter 0.93.1-1.3.

References

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