CVE-2017-12904
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command in bookmarking function of Newsbeuter versions 0.7 through 2.9 allows remote attackers to perform user-assisted code execution by
02 Description
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command in bookmarking function of Newsbeuter versions 0.7 through 2.9 allows remote attackers to perform user-assisted code execution by
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
- 6.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2017-08-23 14:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 18:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-08-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-943Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Data Query LogicClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c527917fba81f3cebb302c515aea91d6378e3d7662a21d77985f047713724a3a
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/issues/591
- github.comhttps://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/96e9506ae9e252c548665152d1b8968297128307
- groups.google.com[newsbeuter] 20170817 [CVE-2017-12904] Remote code executionhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/newsbeuter/iFqSE7Vz-DE
- www.debian.orgDSA-3947http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3947
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4585-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4585-1/
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- newsbeuter Fixed in 2.9-3ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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