CVE-2017-17518

HIGH

white_dune 0.30.10 - Argument Injection via BROWSER Environment Variable

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

swt/motif/browser.c in White_dune (aka whitedune) 0.30.10 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: This issue is being disputed as not being a vulnerability because “the current version of white_dune (1.369 at https://wdune.ourproject.org/) do not use a "BROWSER environment variable". Instead, the "browser" variable is read from the $HOME/.dunerc file (or from the M$Windows registry). It is configurable in the "options" menu. The default is chosen in the ./configure script, which tests various programs, first tested is "xdg-open".

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17518

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0172
EPSS Percentile 74.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-74
Status published
Products (1)
white_dune_project/white_dune 0.30.10
Published Dec 14, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026