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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-17527

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. NOTE: a software maintainer has indicated that the code referencing the BROWSER environment variable is never used

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1 Nov 2026, 05:19 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-17527

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Dec 2017, 16:29 UTC

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. NOTE: a software maintainer has indicated that the code referencing the BROWSER environment variable is never used

osv:CVE-2017-17527
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17527",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "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. NOTE: a software maintainer has indicated that the code referencing the BROWSER environment variable is never used",
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