HTTP: GNOME Evince CBT Command Injection
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against GNOME Evince. A successful attack can lead to command injection and arbitrary code execution.
Extended Description
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.
Affected Products
Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
References
CVE: CVE-2017-1000083
Short Name
HTTP:STC:EVINCE-CBT-CMD-INJ
Severity
Minor
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
CBT CVE-2017-1000083 Command Evince GNOME Injection
Release Date
06/08/2021
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3590
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Gnome
Redhat
Debian
CVSS Score
6.8