Evince: Command injection

Background Evince is a document viewer for multiple document formats, including PostScript. Description A vulnerability was discovered in Evince’s handling of filenames while printing PDF files. Impact A remote attacker, by enticing the user to process a specially crafted file, could execute...

USN-3624-1 patch vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Patch incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2016-10713 It was discovered that Patch incorrectly handled certain input validation. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2018-10001...

CVE-2018-8780

In Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, the Dir.open, Dir.new, Dir.entries and Dir.empty? methods do not check NULL characters. When using the corresponding method, unintentional directory traversal may be performed...

USN-3605-1 sharutils vulnerability

It was discovered that Sharutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code...

Apache Tomcat VirtualDirContext Class File Handling Remote JSP Source Code Disclosure

Source code disclosure vulnerability in Apache Tomcat VirtualDirContext class file handling Vulnerability Type: File Disclosure For the exploit source code contact DSquare Security sales team...

USN-3553-1: Ruby vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Ruby failed to validate specification names. An attacker could possibly use a maliciously crafted gem to potentially overwrite any file on the filesystem. CVE-2017-0901 It was discovered that Ruby was vulnerable to a DNS hijacking vulnerability. An attacker could use this t...

ALPINE-CVE-2017-12376

ClamAV AntiVirus software versions 0.99.2 and prior contain a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service DoS condition or potentially execute arbitrary code on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation checking...

Privilege escalation

It was discovered that the jboss init script as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.7.GA performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation. This issue is a result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8656...

CVE-2017-12189

It was discovered that the jboss init script as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.7.GA performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation. This issue is a result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8656...

jboss: unsafe chown of server.log in jboss init script allows privilege escalation (Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8656)

It was discovered that the jboss init script performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation...

SMB Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Server Message Block SMB Server when an attacker with valid credentials attempts to open a specially crafted file over the SMB protocol on the same machine. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass certa...

MGASA-2017-0450 Updated evince packages fix security vulnerability

It was discovered that Evince incorrectly handled printing certain DVI files. If a user were tricked into opening and printing a specially-named DVI file, an attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code CVE-2017-1000159...

CVE-2017-11899

Device Guard in Windows 10 1511, 1607, 1703 and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows a security feature bypass vulnerability due to the way untrusted files are handled, aka "Microsoft Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability"...

CVE-2017-11935

Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run C2R allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way files are handled in memory, aka "Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability"...

USN-3501-1 libxcursor vulnerability

It was discovered that libxcursor incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could use these issues to cause libxcursor to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

PT-2017-3331

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Office versions prior to the fixes included in the 2017 patch releases Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 Microsoft Office 2016 Description A flaw exists in...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16541

Tor Browser before 7.0.9 on macOS and Linux allows remote attackers to bypass the intended anonymity feature and discover a client IP address via vectors involving a crafted web site that leverages file:// mishandling in Firefox, aka TorMoil. NOTE: Tails is unaffected...

Sounder Contains Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

lib/sounder/sound.rb in the sounder gem 1.0.1 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename...

XnView Classic for Windows Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CNVD-2017-32300)

XnView Classic for Windows is an image viewing software for Windows developed by French software developer Gougelet Pierre-Emmanuel. The software can be used to view, convert, organize and edit graphic and video files. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in version 2.43 of XnView Classic for...

Design/Logic Flaw

XnView Classic for Windows Version 2.43 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .dll file that is mishandled during an attempt to render the DLL icon, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at...