Attacker Value
Low
(1 user assessed)
Exploitability
Moderate
(1 user assessed)
User Interaction
Required
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2017-1000083

Disclosure Date: September 05, 2017 •
CVE-2017-1000083 CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8
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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.

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Ratings
  • Attacker Value
    Low
  • Exploitability
    Medium
Technical Analysis

Does rely on a user to download and open an injected .cbt file with a vulnerable version of Evince (though the preview functionality of file manager software might trigger the injection without requiring the user to expressly open the file).

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
7.8 High
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
Required
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
n/a
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
exploit/multi/fileformat/evince_cbt_cmd_injection
Reporter
Unknown

Vendors

  • debian,
  • gnome,
  • redhat

Products

  • debian linux 8.0,
  • debian linux 9.0,
  • enterprise linux desktop 7.0,
  • enterprise linux server 7.0,
  • enterprise linux server 7.4,
  • enterprise linux server 7.5,
  • enterprise linux server 7.6,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.4,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.4,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.5,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux server tus 7.4,
  • enterprise linux server tus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux workstation 7.0,
  • evince
Technical Analysis