### [CVE-2017-1000083](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000083)
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### Description

backend/comics/comics-document.c (aka the comic book backend) in GNOME Evince before 3.24.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a .cbt file that is a TAR archive containing a filename beginning with a "--" command-line option substring, as demonstrated by a --checkpoint-action=exec=bash at the beginning of the filename.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/128
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784630
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45824/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46341/

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/matlink/cve-2017-1000083-atril-nautilus
- https://github.com/matlink/evince-cve-2017-1000083