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CVE-2010-2809
The default configuration of the <Button2> binding in Uzbl before 2010.08.05 does not properly use the @SELECTED_URI feature, which allows…
Medium6.8EPSS 7.3%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.3% · top 5.6% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- http://github.com/Dieterbe/uzbl/commit/9cc39cb5c9396be013b5dc2ba7e4b3eaa647e975 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://github.com/pawelz/uzbl/commit/342f292c27973c9df5f631a38bd12f14a9c5cdc2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621964 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100806 CVE request: uzbl before 2010.08.05: User-assisted execution of arbitrary commands caused by faulty default config (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100806 Re: CVE request: uzbl before 2010.08.05: User-assisted execution of arbitrary commands caused by faulty default config (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.uzbl.org/news.php?id=29 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42297 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.uzbl.org/bugs/index.php?do=details&task_id=240 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621965 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- uzbl-atselecteduri-command-execution(61011) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
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