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…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 51.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- Evince CBT File Command Injection (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/fileformat/evince_cbt_cmd_injectionRank excellentdisclosed 13 Jul 2017
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Evince - CBT File Command Injection (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46341local, linuxpublished 11 Feb 2019Verified
- Evince 3.24.0 - Command Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 45824dos, linuxpublished 13 Nov 2018Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 46341 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 45824 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 54 days later
· 54 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 51.1% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 46341 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/128 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/GNOME/evince/commit/717df38fd8509bf883b70d680c9b1b3cf36732ee (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784630 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 99597 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2388 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3911 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 45824 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-1400 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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