CVE-2017-17512
sensible-browser in sensible-utils before 0.0.11 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
sensible-browser in sensible-utils before 0.0.11 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.35% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-74
- Affected
- sensible-utils project/sensible-utils
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/sensible-utils/sensible-utils_0.0.11_changelogRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/881767Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00012.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3584-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4071Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/sensible-utils/sensible-utils_0.0.11_changelogRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/881767Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00012.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3584-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4071Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.