CVE-2017-17520
HIGHTIN 2.4.1 - Argument Injection via BROWSER Environment Variable
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17520
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0190
EPSS Percentile
77.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-74
Status
published
Products (1)
debian/tin
2.4.1
Published
Dec 14, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026