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GHSA-C796-CMWX-5C79

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:40 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:44

Details

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.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


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

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CVE-2017-1000083 (GCVE-0-2017-1000083)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-09-05 06:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 21:53

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

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	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99597	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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	http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3911	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45824/	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

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GHSA-C796-CMWX-5C79

CVE-2017-1000083 (GCVE-0-2017-1000083)

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