CVE-2017-17512 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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sensible-browser in sensible-utils before 0.0.11 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

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

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sensible-utils Project	Sensible-utils

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sensible-utils_project:sensible-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/sensible-utils/sensible-utils_0.0.11_changelog
https://bugs.debian.org/881767
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00012.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3584-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4071

History

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-12-11T06:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-10-14T06:30:29.242Z

Reserved: 2017-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-17512

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-11T06:29:00.270

Modified: 2026-10-14T07:16:39.930

Link: CVE-2017-17512

Redhat

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