CVE-2017-18266

2018-05-1000:00:00

ubuntu.com

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.007 Low

EPSS

Percentile

80.1%

JSON

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.

Bugs

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu17.10noarchxdg-utils< 1.1.1-1ubuntu3.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu18.04noarchxdg-utils< 1.1.2-1ubuntu2.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchxdg-utils< 1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu7.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchxdg-utils< 1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.3UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	17.10	noarch	xdg-utils	< 1.1.1-1ubuntu3.2	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	xdg-utils	< 1.1.2-1ubuntu2.2	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	xdg-utils	< 1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu7.2	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	xdg-utils	< 1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.3	UNKNOWN