Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-1000083

RCE

Title: Gnome Evince RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2017-1000083

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Sep 05, 2017
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.8 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
50.83%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-1000083: 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.

Impacted Vendors

R
redhat 1
G
gnome 1

Reference Links

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/ 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/
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

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CVE-2017-1000083 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45824
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46341
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Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.