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.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2018-05-10T14:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T21:13:49.227Z
Reserved: 2018-05-10T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-18266
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Modified
Published: 2018-05-10T14:29:00.207
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:19:43.473
Link: CVE-2017-18266
 Redhat
                        Redhat