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.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Affected products
- mate-desktop / atril< 1.26.2 – < 1.26.2
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/security/advisories/GHSA-6mf6-mxpc-jc37
- PATCHhttps://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/commit/e70b21c815418a1e6ebedf6d8d31b8477c03ba50
- PATCHhttps://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/releases/tag/v1.26.2
- MAILING_LISThttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00003.html