ghsa-76r6-j2q8-m63q
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 03:18
Modified
2022-05-14 03:18
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-18266"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-74"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-05-10T14:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-76r6-j2q8-m63q",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T03:18:08Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:18:08Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18266"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103807"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/commit/?id=5647afb35e4bcba2060148e1a2a47bc43cc240f2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/commit/?id=ce802d71c3466d1dbb24f2fe9b6db82a1f899bcb"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/tree/ChangeLog"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00014.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3650-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4211"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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