Description
Argument injection vulnerability in Avant Browser 10.1 Build 17 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by launching Microsoft Outlook with an arbitrary filename as an attachment. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is implementation-specific or a problem in the Microsoft API.
Affected products
- avantbrowser / avant_browser10.1 – 10.1
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1538
- MISChttp://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/04/office-2003-file-attachment-exploit.html
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432009/100/0/threaded
- MISChttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/785
- MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26118