High severity · published Jan 25, 2024
CVE-2023-52076
Atril Document Viewer is the default document reader of the MATE desktop environment for Linux
7.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Atril Document Viewer is the default document reader of the MATE desktop environment for Linux. A path traversal and arbitrary file write vulnerability exists in versions of Atril prior to 1.26.2. This vulnerability is capable of writing arbitrary files anywhere on the filesystem to which the user opening a crafted document has access. The only limitation is that this vulnerability cannot be exploited to overwrite existing files, but that doesn't stop an attacker from achieving Remote Command Execution on the target system. Version 1.26.2 of Atril contains a patch for this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AT
Atril · Mate-desktop
before 1.26.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52076
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52076
Patch
https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/commit/e70b21c815418a1e6ebedf6d8d31b8477c03ba50
Release Notes
https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/releases/tag/v1.26.2
Exploit
https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/security/advisories/GHSA-6mf6-mxpc-jc37
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00003.html
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