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CVE-2017-18266Date: (C)2018-05-11   (M)2023-12-22


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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CVSS V3 Severity:CVSS V2 Severity:
CVSS Score : 8.8CVSS Score : 6.8
Exploit Score: 2.8Exploit Score: 8.6
Impact Score: 5.9Impact Score: 6.4
 
CVSS V3 Metrics:CVSS V2 Metrics:
Attack Vector: NETWORKAccess Vector: NETWORK
Attack Complexity: LOWAccess Complexity: MEDIUM
Privileges Required: NONEAuthentication: NONE
User Interaction: REQUIREDConfidentiality: PARTIAL
Scope: UNCHANGEDIntegrity: PARTIAL
Confidentiality: HIGHAvailability: PARTIAL
Integrity: HIGH 
Availability: HIGH 
  
Reference:
DSA-4211
USN-3650-1
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00014.html
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103807
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/commit/?id=5647afb35e4bcba2060148e1a2a47bc43cc240f2
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/commit/?id=ce802d71c3466d1dbb24f2fe9b6db82a1f899bcb
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/tree/ChangeLog

CPE    7
cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0
cpe:/a:freedesktop:xdg-utils
cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0
cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
...
CWE    1
CWE-74
OVAL    9
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:89043802
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:114529
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:114528
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:2105083
...

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