GSD-2017-17512

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
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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.
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CVE-2017-17512
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