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CVE-2017-17520

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 1.90%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-12-14 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-17520
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
1.90%

Original Filing — NVD Description

tools/url_handler.pl in TIN 2.4.1 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 third party has reported that this is intentional behavior, because the documentation states "url_handler.pl was designed to work together with tin which only issues shell escaped absolute URLs.