SB2018051606 - Command execution in Xdg-Utils
Published: May 16, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018051606
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Argument injection attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18266)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to conduct argument injection attack on the target system.The weakness exists in the open_envvar function in the xdg-open component due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into following a specially crafted link that is designed to modify the BROWSER environment variable, conduct argument-injection attack, redirect the user's browser traffic to an attacker-controlled site and execute arbitrary commands.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.