Vulnerability identifier: #VU9758

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17512

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
sensible-utils (Debian package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor: Debian

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct argument-injection attacks.

The vulnerability exists in sensible-browser due to insufficient sanitization of strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation
Update to version 0.0.11.

Vulnerable software versions

sensible-utils (Debian package): 0.0.0 - 0.0.10

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External links
http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/sensible-utils/sensible-utils_0.0.11_changel...

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.