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CVE-2017-5078

UNKNOWN
Published 2017-10-27T05:00:00
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Description

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Blink's mailto: handling in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows, and Mac allowed a remote attacker to perform command injection via a crafted HTML page, a similar issue to CVE-2004-0121. For example, characters such as * have an incorrect interaction with xdg-email in xdg-utils, and a space character can be used in front of a command-line argument.

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GitHub Security Advisories

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⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-mvv4-2gfv-gwc4

Advisory Details

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Blink's mailto: handling in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows, and Mac allowed a remote attacker to perform command injection via a crafted HTML page, a similar issue to CVE-2004-0121. For example, characters such as * have an incorrect interaction with xdg-email in xdg-utils, and a space character can be used in front of a command-line argument.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5078
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399
WEB https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
WEB https://crbug.com/711020
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98861
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038622

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98861
https://crbug.com/711020
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038622
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Published: 2017-10-27T05:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T14:47:44.461Z
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