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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:53:06.517Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-1000083

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

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

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

Link: CVE-2017-1000083

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-1000083 - Bugzilla