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.
Published: 2017-12-14
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Fri, 20 Feb 2026 01:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:51:32.021Z

Reserved: 2017-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-17520

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:51:32.021Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-14T16:29:00.620

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-17520

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