CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-1000083
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-09-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
backend/comics/comics-document.c (aka the comic book backend) in GNOME Evince before 3.24.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a .cbt file that is a TAR archive containing a filename beginning with a "--" command-line option substring, as demonstrated by a --checkpoint-action=exec=bash at the beginning of the filename.
Affected configurations
• gnome evince (<= 3.24.0)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.5
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/128 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3911 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99597 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2388 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784630 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/GNOME/evince/commit/717df38fd8509bf883b70d680c9b1b3cf36732ee Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45824/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46341/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/128 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3911 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99597 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2388 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784630 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/GNOME/evince/commit/717df38fd8509bf883b70d680c9b1b3cf36732ee Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45824/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46341/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry