CVE-2017-17529

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

af/util/xp/ut_go_file.cpp in AbiWord 3.0.2-2 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.

af/util/xp/ut_go_file.cpp en AbiWord 3.0.2-2 no valida cadenas antes de iniciar el programa especificado por la variable de entorno BROWSER. Esto podría permitir que atacantes remotos lleven a cabo ataques de inyección de argumentos mediante una URL manipulada.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-12-11 CVE Reserved
2017-12-14 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-26 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17529	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Abisource Search vendor "Abisource"		Abiword Search vendor "Abisource" for product "Abiword"				3.0.2-2 Search vendor "Abisource" for product "Abiword" and version "3.0.2-2"		-		Affected