Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2017-1000083CVE-2017-1000083
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.142 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.7%
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.
Bugs
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | upstream evince in git has switched to using libarchive The fix for this issue disables CBT support, as tar offers to many opportunities to invoke commands and CBT is a rarely used comic book format. |
Related
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.142 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.7%