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CVE-2017-1000083 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2388 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784630 CVEIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/128 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/GNOME/evince/commit/717df38fd8509bf883b70d680c9b1b3cf36732ee CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45824/ CVEExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-1000083
NVD Published Date:
Sep 5, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-1000083 Details - Not Deferred