CVE-2017-17512

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductSensible-utils
PublishedDec 11, 2017
First seenDec 11, 2017

How to fix

Update
  • sensible-utils_project sensible-utils0.0.11 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
sensible-utils_project sensible-utilsv < 0.0.110.0.11

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