CVE-2017-17533 describes an argument-injection vulnerability in Tkabber 1.1's default.tcl, where it fails to validate strings before executing the program defined by the BROWSER environment variable, potentially allowing remote attackers to inject arguments via a crafted URL. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks requiring user interaction, and could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tkabber_project:tkabber:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.