Atril Document Viewer is the default document reader of the MATE desktop environment for Linux. A path traversal and arbitrary file write vulnerability exists in versions of Atril prior to 1.26.2. This vulnerability is capable of writing arbitrary files anywhere on the filesystem to which the user opening a crafted document has access. The only limitation is that this vulnerability cannot be exploited to overwrite existing files, but that doesn't stop an attacker from achieving Remote Command Execution on the target system. Version 1.26.2 of Atril contains a patch for this vulnerability.
Advisories
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3828-1 atril security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5688-1 atril security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-56755 Atril Document Viewer is the default document reader of the MATE desktop environment for Linux. A path traversal and arbitrary file write vulnerability exists in versions of Atril prior to 1.26.2. This vulnerability is capable of writing arbitrary files anywhere on the filesystem to which the user opening a crafted document has access. The only limitation is that this vulnerability cannot be exploited to overwrite existing files, but that doesn't stop an attacker from achieving Remote Command Execution on the target system. Version 1.26.2 of Atril contains a patch for this vulnerability.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6808-1 Atril vulnerability
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Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-06-17T21:19:29.316Z

Reserved: 2023-12-26T12:53:20.670Z

Link: CVE-2023-52076

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:48:12.177Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-25T16:15:07.930

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:39:07.200

Link: CVE-2023-52076

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