CVE-2023-51698 Atril's CBT comic book parsing vulnerable to Remote Code Execution
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on the target system by tricking users into opening a maliciously crafted CBT document in Atril.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-51698?
CVE-2023-51698 is a critical command injection vulnerability in mate-desktop atril, published on 12 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-51698?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mate-Desktop Atril.
How do I fix CVE-2023-51698?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2023-51698 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-51698 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in mate-desktop atril
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-51698, GHSA-34rr-j8v9-v4p2, OESA-2024-1493, OESA-2024-1521, OESA-2024-1522, OESA-2024-1523 and 3 more.