VDB
CVE-2017-18266
CVE-2017-18266
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 1.00% · 77.4th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
1.00%
77.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | xdg-utils | 0, 1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu7.1, * |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | xdg-utils | 0, 1.1.1-1ubuntu2, 1.1.1-1ubuntu3 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | xdg-utils | 0, 1.1.0~rc3+git20150907-1ubuntu3, 1.1.1-1ubuntu1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/commit/?id=ce802d71c3466d1dbb24f2fe9b6db82a1f899bcb (circl)
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/tree/ChangeLog (circl)
- USN-3650-1 (circl)
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180525 [SECURITY] [DLA 1384-1] xdg-utils security update (circl)
- DSA-4211 (circl)
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103807 (circl)
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/commit/?id=5647afb35e4bcba2060148e1a2a47bc43cc240f2 (circl)
Timeline
- May 10, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18266 third-party-advisory
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/tree/ChangeLog third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3650-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18266 third-party-advisory