CVE-2017-17512CWE-74

CVE-2017-17512

High · published December 11, 2017

CVSS v3.0
8.8
EPSS
2%
Percentile
83.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02355 · 83.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-74 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Published
2017-12-11T11:29Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
sensible-utils_project/sensible-utils< 0.0.110.0.11
References (11)
http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/sensible-utils/sensible-utils_0.0.11_changelog · [email protected]https://bugs.debian.org/881767 · [email protected]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00012.html · [email protected]https://usn.ubuntu.com/3584-1/ · [email protected]https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4071 · [email protected]http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/sensible-utils/sensible-utils_0.0.11_changelog · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.debian.org/881767 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00012.html · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3584-1/ · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4071 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html · 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 DEC 06:00Z
    sensible-browser in sensible-utils before 0.0.11 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which…
    cvelistv5