CVE-2008-3907 (GCVE-0-2008-3907)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-04 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:53
VLAI?
Summary
The open-in-browser command in newsbeuter before 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a feed URL.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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