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 Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2018-05-27T09:57:01

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


Link: CVE-2017-18266

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2018-06-14T13:33:57.823


Link: CVE-2017-18266

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