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CVE-2023-51698 (GCVE-0-2023-51698)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-12 20:27 – Updated: 2025-06-17 21:09
VLAI
Title
Atril's CBT comic book parsing vulnerable to Remote Code Execution
Summary
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.
Severity
9.6 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-01-23 21:42 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
mate-desktop atril Affected: <= 1.26.3
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