CVE-2017-1000083
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...
- Published
- Sep 5, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Nov 13, 2018
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.3%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
4Exploit for CVE-2017-1000083 targeting Evince document viewer. Provides a proof-of-concept for binary exploitation via crafted documents.
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