CVE-2023-51698 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting Atril, a multi-page document viewer within the MATE Desktop environment. An attacker can gain immediate system access by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted CBT document (a TAR archive) or clicking a malicious link. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.26.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mate-desktop:atril:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
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