CVE-2017-1000083

high-risk
Published 2017-09-05

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.

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76.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 23% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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2 public exploits available
45824, 46341
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (16)

Affected Vendors

Redhat Gnome Debian

References (16)

Mailing List http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/128
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3911
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99597
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2388
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784630
Issue Tracking https://github.com/GNOME/evince/commit/717df38fd8509bf883b70d680c9b1b3cf36732ee
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45824/
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46341/
Mailing List http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/128
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3911
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99597
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2388
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784630
Issue Tracking https://github.com/GNOME/evince/commit/717df38fd8509bf883b70d680c9b1b3cf36732ee
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45824/
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46341/
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 27/34 · High
Exposure 18/34 · Moderate