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.
References
Link Resource
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/128 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3911 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99597 VDB Entry Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2388 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784630 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/GNOME/evince/commit/717df38fd8509bf883b70d680c9b1b3cf36732ee Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45824/ Exploit VDB Entry Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46341/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-05T06:00:00

Updated: 2019-02-12T10:57:01

Reserved: 2017-07-13T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2017-1000083

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-09-05T06:29:00.180

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223


Link: CVE-2017-1000083

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