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Vulnerability · CVE-2023-52076

mate-desktop atril Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Published Dec 8, 2025 · catalog updated Dec 8, 2025 · mate-desktop atril Improper Limitation

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CVE-2023-52076 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm mate-desktop atril Improper Limitation against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (mate-desktop atril Improper Limitation).
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Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.08%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor mate-desktop atril

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.

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  • vendor mate-desktop atrilversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2023-52076

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2023-52076 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm mate-desktop atril Improper Limitation against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.08%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 8, 2025 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    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 explo

  2. Dec 8, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-52076

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-52076

    30-day exploitation probability 1.1%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-52076

    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

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.