Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2017-1000159 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the versions of evince as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.8 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | evince | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | evince | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | evince | Not affected |
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