CVE-2017-1000083 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-1000083 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 76.67% · 98.9th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

76.67%

98.9th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	atril	0, 1.10.2+repack1-1, 1.12.2-1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	evince	0, 3.16.1-0ubuntu1, 3.18.1-1ubuntu1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	evince	3.10.3-0ubuntu9, 3.10.3-0ubuntu10, 0

Timeline

Jul 13, 2017 CVE Published
Nov 13, 2018 PoC Published
Feb 7, 2019 PoC Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000083 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3351-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000083 third-party-advisory

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