CVE-2010-2809 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.3% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.35% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-08-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| uzbl | uzbl |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | uzbl 'uzbl-core' - '@SELECTED_URI' Mouse Button Bindings Command Injection | 2010-08-05 |
References
- http://github.com/Dieterbe/uzbl/commit/9cc39cb5c9396be013b5dc2ba7e4b3eaa647e975
- http://github.com/pawelz/uzbl/commit/342f292c27973c9df5f631a38bd12f14a9c5cdc2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128111493509265&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128111994317381&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42297
- http://www.uzbl.org/bugs/index.php?do=details&task_id=240
- http://www.uzbl.org/news.php?id=29
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621964
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621965
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61011
- http://github.com/Dieterbe/uzbl/commit/9cc39cb5c9396be013b5dc2ba7e4b3eaa647e975
- http://github.com/pawelz/uzbl/commit/342f292c27973c9df5f631a38bd12f14a9c5cdc2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128111493509265&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128111994317381&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42297
- http://www.uzbl.org/bugs/index.php?do=details&task_id=240
- http://www.uzbl.org/news.php?id=29
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621964
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621965
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61011
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