bugtraq - Re: xpdf vulnerability

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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 22:36:40 +0200 (MEST)
From: Andries.Brouwer@....nl
To: Andries.Brouwer@....nl, shalunov@...ernet2.edu
Subject: Re: xpdf vulnerability - CAN-2003-0434


>> A urlCommand like the default "netscape -remote 'openURL(%s)'"
>> is OK since the %s is protected by single quotes.

> How so?  Consider an argument of
>	'`rm -rf /tmp/test`'

xpdf already filters out single and double quotes, so
these do not occur in arguments.