CVE-2023-51698

Atril's CBT comic book parsing vulnerable to Remote Code Execution

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Atril is a simple multi-page document viewer. Atril is vulnerable to a critical Command Injection Vulnerability. This vulnerability gives the attacker immediate access to the target system when the target user opens a crafted document or clicks on a crafted link/URL using a maliciously crafted CBT document which is a TAR archive. A patch is available at commit ce41df6.

Atril es un sencillo visor de documentos multi página. Atril es vulnerable a una vulnerabilidad crítica de inyección de comandos. Esta vulnerabilidad le brinda al atacante acceso inmediato al sistema de destino cuando el usuario de destino abre un documento manipulado o hace clic en un enlace/URL manipulado utilizando un documento CBT creado con fines malintencionados que es un archivo TAR. Hay un parche disponible en el compromiso ce41df6.

It was discovered that Atril incorrectly handled certain PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Andy Nguyen discovered that Atril incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-12-21 CVE Reserved
2024-01-12 CVE Published
2025-02-13 CVE Updated
2025-02-13 EPSS Updated
2025-02-13 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OT3UIQOSZ6UNH5QTFOOY2DJ4MITM2C2C
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OZKXNZ3HGH6KH65OEKVCEAOZJWNZ32FQ

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/security/advisories/GHSA-34rr-j8v9-v4p2	2025-02-13

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/commit/ce41df6467521ff9fd4f16514ae7d6ebb62eb1ed	2024-02-09

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mate-desktop Search vendor "Mate-desktop"		Atril Search vendor "Mate-desktop" for product "Atril"				<= 1.26.3 Search vendor "Mate-desktop" for product "Atril" and version " <= 1.26.3"		-		Affected