8.5
HIGH
CVE-2023-52076
Atril Document Viewer Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 25, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 8:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2023-52076 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-52076 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 Mate-desktop atril

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

CVE-2023-44451, CVE-2023-52076: RCE Vulnerability affected popular Linux Distros including Mint, Kali, Parrot, Manjaro etc. EPUB File Parsing Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution

Shell

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
10 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : Jan. 17, 2024, 5:50 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-52076 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

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

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/commit/e70b21c815418a1e6ebedf6d8d31b8477c03ba50
    Added Reference https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/releases/tag/v1.26.2
    Added Reference https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/security/advisories/GHSA-6mf6-mxpc-jc37
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00003.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 15, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00003.html [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/commit/e70b21c815418a1e6ebedf6d8d31b8477c03ba50 No Types Assigned https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/commit/e70b21c815418a1e6ebedf6d8d31b8477c03ba50 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/releases/tag/v1.26.2 No Types Assigned https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/releases/tag/v1.26.2 Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/security/advisories/GHSA-6mf6-mxpc-jc37 No Types Assigned https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/security/advisories/GHSA-6mf6-mxpc-jc37 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mate-desktop:atril:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.26.2
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jan. 25, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description 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.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/security/advisories/GHSA-6mf6-mxpc-jc37 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/commit/e70b21c815418a1e6ebedf6d8d31b8477c03ba50 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/releases/tag/v1.26.2 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-27
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-24
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-25
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-22
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
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Exploit Prediction

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

1.28 }} 0.61%

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0.85619

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