PT-2023-9027 · Linux Mint+1 · Xreader+1

Febin Mon Saji · Published 2023-12-20 · Updated 2024-05-06 · CVE-2023-44452

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux Mint Xreader (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Linux Mint Xreader. User interaction is required to exploit this issue, where the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of CBT files, resulting from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute code in the context of the current user.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Argument Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

CWE-88

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-03140

CVE-2023-44452

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13632-1

ZDI-23-1836

Affected Products

Red Os

Xreader

References · 16

• 🔥 https://github.com/febinrev/atril_cbt-inject-exploit · Exploit
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1836 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-44452 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-44452 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-44452 · Security Note
• https://safe-surf.ru/upload/VULN-new/VULN.2024-01-10.1.pdf · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-44452 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-44452 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-03140 · Security Note
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/703538 · Security Note
• https://github.com/linuxmint/xreader/commit/cd678889ecfe4e84a5cbcf3a0489e15a5e2e3736 · Vendor Advisory, Patch
• https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure · Note
• https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure/uyazvimosti/support/secure/uyazvimosti/mnozhestvennye-uyazvimosti-xreader-cve-2023-44452-cve-2023-44451 · Note
• https://twitter.com/win3zz/status/1748219732350890393 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1786444232808640708 · Twitter Post