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CVE-2017-18266

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CVSS 3.0
8.8 high
EPSS
2%p84
Published
()
Modified
Description

The open_envvar function in xdg-open in xdg-utils before 1.1.3 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by %s in this environment variable.

Vendors
freedesktopdebiancanonical
Products
xdg-utils, debian linux, ubuntu linux
Weakness
CWE-74
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.5%)

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