Arbitrary Command Execution via TAR Archive in GNOME Evince

CVE-2017-1000083 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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