7.8
HIGH
CVE-2017-1000159
Evince Command Injection Vulnerability
Description

Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 27, 2017, 3:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:04 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-1000159 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gnome evince

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-1000159 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784947
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00006.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00013.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00014.html
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/18
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-15
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4624
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 17, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/18 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4624 [No Types Assigned]
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-77 CWE-78
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00014.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00013.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-15 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 04, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00006.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784947 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784947 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-77
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evince:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.25.91
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 07, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Command injection in evince 3.24.8 via filename when printing to PDF Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

score

0.26000

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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