CVE•Published 2017-12-11•Modified 2026-10-14•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2017-17512Sensible-utils_project · Sensible-utils
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
82
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 18% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
sensible-browser in sensible-utils before 0.0.11 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument.
Timeline
Published 2017-12-11
Modified 2026-10-14
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2017-17512Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Sensible-utils Project Sensible-utils"All exposed Sensible-utils Project Sensible-utils instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Sensible-utils"HTTP body or banner mentions "Sensible-utils" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2017-17512Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2017-17512Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2017-17512Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2017-17512GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2017-17512" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2017-17512 on GitHub.