{"id":"CVE-2023-52076","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-52076","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:56:06.608Z","title":"A path traversal and arbitrary file write vulnerability exists in versions of Atril prior to 1.26.2.","description":"Atril Document Viewer is the default document reader of the MATE desktop environment for Linux. A path traversal and arbitrary file write vulnerability exists in versions of Atril prior to 1.26.2. This vulnerability is capable of writing arbitrary files anywhere on the filesystem to which the user opening a crafted document has access. The only limitation is that this vulnerability cannot be exploited to overwrite existing files, but that doesn't stop an attacker from achieving Remote Command Execution on the target system. Version 1.26.2 of Atril contains a patch for this vulnerability.","published":"2024-01-25T16:15:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:42:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-22","CWE-24","CWE-25","CWE-27"],"affected":["mate-desktop/atril"],"epss":{"score":0.01085,"percentile":0.65021,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.08%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/commit/e70b21c815418a1e6ebedf6d8d31b8477c03ba50","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/releases/tag/v1.26.2","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/security/advisories/GHSA-6mf6-mxpc-jc37","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00003.html","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/commit/e70b21c815418a1e6ebedf6d8d31b8477c03ba50","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/releases/tag/v1.26.2","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/security/advisories/GHSA-6mf6-mxpc-jc37","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00003.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52076","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}