CVE-2017-17512 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/sensible-utils/sensible-utils_0.0.11_changelog https://bugs.debian.org/881767 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00012.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3584-1/ https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4071

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8