CVE-2017-1000083 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/128 http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3911 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99597 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2388 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784630 https://github.com/GNOME/evince/commit/717df38fd8509bf883b70d680c9b1b3cf36732ee https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45824/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46341/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8