CVE-2017-17512 (GCVE-0-2017-17512)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-11 06:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:51
VLAI
Summary
sensible-browser in sensible-utils before 0.0.11 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/… x_refsource_MISC
https://bugs.debian.org/881767 x_refsource_MISC
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4071 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2017-12-11 00:00
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