CVE-2017-1000159

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-1000159
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-27 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionCommand injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-78 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Evince All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 784947 – Evince's DVI exporter is susceptible to a command injection attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org Issue Tracking, Patch
[SECURITY] [DLA 1881-1] evince security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
Evince: Command injection (GLSA 201804-15) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4624-1 evince af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1204-1] evince security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4624-1] evince security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1882-1] atril security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296079 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 15.5.0 Missing (CPUOCT2019)
  • 710203 Gentoo Linux Evince Command injection Vulnerability (GLSA 201804-15)
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