Description
The default configuration of the <Button2> binding in Uzbl before 2010.08.05 does not properly use the @SELECTED_URI feature, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted HREF attribute of an A element in an HTML document.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- uzbl 'uzbl-core' - '@SELECTED_URI' Mouse Button Bindings Command Injection EDB-34426 · remote · Aug 5, 2010 · verified
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References
- http://github.com/Dieterbe/uzbl/commit/9cc39cb5c9396be013b5dc2ba7e4b3eaa647e975
- http://github.com/pawelz/uzbl/commit/342f292c27973c9df5f631a38bd12f14a9c5cdc2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621964
- [oss-security] 20100806 CVE request: uzbl before 2010.08.05: User-assisted execution of arbitrary commands caused by faulty default config mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20100806 Re: CVE request: uzbl before 2010.08.05: User-assisted execution of arbitrary commands caused by faulty default config mailing-list
- http://www.uzbl.org/news.php?id=29
- 42297 vdb-entry
- http://www.uzbl.org/bugs/index.php?do=details&task_id=240
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621965
- uzbl-atselecteduri-command-execution(61011) vdb-entry