Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title Ark: Unintended execution of scripts and executable files
Informations
Name GLSA-201701-69 First vendor Publication 2017-01-29
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2017-01-29
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Ark might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

Ark is a graphical file compression/decompression utility with support for multiple formats.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in how Ark handles executable files while browsing a compressed archive. A user could unintentionally execute a malicious script which has the executable bit set inside of the archive. This is due to Ark not displaying what files are executable and running the associated applications for the file type upon execution.

Impact

A remote attacker, by coercing a user to browse a malicious archive file within Ark and execute certain files, could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Ark users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-apps/ark-16.08.3-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-5330 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5330

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-69

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201701-69.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-78 Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-01-30 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-69.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-19 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-77ab791c90.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-92.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2017-03-31 17:24:57
  • Multiple Updates
2017-03-27 21:22:44
  • Multiple Updates
2017-01-31 13:26:20
  • Multiple Updates
2017-01-29 21:23:33
  • First insertion