CVE-2017-1000159

Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.

Published: 2017-11-27 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-1000159 is rated Moderate Risk (56.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.41%). EPSS rose +1.05% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-1000159

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.36% 1.41% +1.05%
2 2025-12-09 0.33% 0.36% +0.02%
3 2025-07-13 — 0.33% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-1000159

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-1000159

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-1000159

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2017-1000159 low priority: Debian including 2 source packages (atril, evince), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000159
gentoo normal CVE-2017-1000159: 1 GLSA(s) (201804-15), 1 atom(s) (app-text/evince); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2017-1000159
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000159
suse medium CVE-2017-1000159 severity moderate: SUSE including 19 source package names (evince-2.28.2-0.7.3.1, evince-3.20.2-6.22.9, …), 61 product×package rows across 12 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-TERADATA, … (12 product lines)): Fixed 61. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000159/
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-1000159 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (atril, evince), 10 status rows across 5 suites (artful, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): released 6, DNE 1, ignored 1, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000159

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-1000159

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome evince < 3.25.91 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evince:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-1000159

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