Published: 14/12/2017 Updated: 11/04/2024

CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 2.8

VMScore: 605

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Lib/webbrowser.py in Python up to and including 3.6.3 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote malicious users to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL. NOTE: a software maintainer indicates that exploitation is impossible because the code relies on subprocess.Popen and the default shell=False setting

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** DISPUTED ** Lib/webbrowserpy in Python through 363 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 software maintainer indicates that exploitation is impossible because the code relies on su ...

CWE-74 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17522 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102207 https://bugs.python.org/issue32367 https://nvd.nist.gov https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-17522

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