PasDoc up to 0.13 URL WWWBrowserRunnerDM.pas BROWSER injection

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A vulnerability has been found in PasDoc up to 0.13 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the file delphi_gui/WWWBrowserRunnerDM.pas of the component URL Handler. The manipulation of the argument BROWSER as part of Environment Variable leads to injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-17527. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in PasDoc up to 0.13 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the file delphi_gui/WWWBrowserRunnerDM.pas of the component URL Handler. The manipulation of the argument BROWSER as part of a Environment Variable leads to a injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

delphi_gui/WWWBrowserRunnerDM.pas in PasDoc 0.14 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.

The weakness was disclosed 12/14/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at security-tracker.debian.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-17527 since 12/11/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1055 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 0.14 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• PasDoc

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• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13

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