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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-05-10T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:13:49.227Z

Reserved: 2018-05-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-18266

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-05-10T14:29:00.207

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:19:43.473

Link: CVE-2017-18266

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-11-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-18266 - Bugzilla