01 Record
CVE-2008-3907
The open-in-browser command in newsbeuter before 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a feed URL.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-09-04 17:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ab9e698d64023ec0778d63632efb693d4e5185933c5046302b435564f411e24a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080901 CVE id request: newsbeuterhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/01/4
- newsbeuter.wordpress.comhttp://newsbeuter.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/newsbeuter-11-released-contains-security-fix-please-upgrade/
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comnewsbeuter-url-command-execution(44791)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44791
- secunia.com31676http://secunia.com/advisories/31676
- www.newsbeuter.orghttp://www.newsbeuter.org/downloads/CHANGES
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200809-12http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-12.xml
- secunia.com31995http://secunia.com/advisories/31995
- www.securityfocus.com30964http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30964