High severity · published Jan 12, 2024
CVE-2023-51698
Atril is a simple multi-page document viewer
8.8
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Atril is a simple multi-page document viewer. Atril is vulnerable to a critical Command Injection Vulnerability. This vulnerability gives the attacker immediate access to the target system when the target user opens a crafted document or clicks on a crafted link/URL using a maliciously crafted CBT document which is a TAR archive. A patch is available at commit ce41df6.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AT
Atril · Mate-desktop
through 1.26.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51698
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-51698
Patch
https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/commit/ce41df6467521ff9fd4f16514ae7d6ebb62eb1ed
Exploit
https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/security/advisories/GHSA-34rr-j8v9-v4p2
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OT3UIQOSZ6UNH5QTFOOY2DJ4MITM2C2C/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OZKXNZ3HGH6KH65OEKVCEAOZJWNZ32FQ/
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