CVE-2017-17520

HIGH

8.8

Description

tools/url_handler.pl in TIN 2.4.1 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. NOTE: a third party has reported that this is intentional behavior, because the documentation states "url_handler.pl was designed to work together with tin which only issues shell escaped absolute URLs.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published12/14/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:tin

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-74CWE-74

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17520(cve@mitre.org)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17520(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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