gsd-2017-17512
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
Details
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.
Aliases
Aliases



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      "remediation": "unknown",
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      "lastModifiedDate": "2018-03-16T01:29Z",
      "publishedDate": "2017-12-11T06:29Z"
    }
  }
}


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