CVE-2008-3907

Published Sep 4, 2008

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description
The open-in-browser command in newsbeuter before 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a feed URL.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.8
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-20

Evaluator

Comment
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/01/4 "The previous version allowed to execute arbitrary code by a crafted feed URL that is passed as a command line parameter if the URL is opened by an external browser."
Impact
-
Solution
-

Configurations