Command injection in Evince - CVE-2017-1000159
Published: December 5, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9541
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000159
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform command injection attack on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an error when handling printing certain DVI files. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening and printing a specially-named DVI file, inject arbitrary commands and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists due to an error when handling printing certain DVI files. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening and printing a specially-named DVI file, inject arbitrary commands and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Affected software
Evince
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
evince (Debian package)
evince
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
evince (Debian package)
evince
How to mitigate CVE-2017-1000159
Install update from vendor's website.
evince (Debian package) - addressed in versions 3.22.1-3+deb9u2, 3.30.2-3+deb10u1
evince - addressed in versions 3.22.1-7.fc25, 3.24.2-2.fc26
evince - addressed in versions 3.22.1-7.fc25, 3.24.2-2.fc26