Argument-Injection Vulnerability in SWI-Prolog 7.2.3's www_browser.pl Library

Argument-Injection Vulnerability in SWI-Prolog 7.2.3's www_browser.pl Library

CVE-2017-17524 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

library/www_browser.pl in SWI-Prolog 7.2.3 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.

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