CVE-2017-11421

Published: 18 July 2017

gnome-exe-thumbnailer before 0.9.5 is prone to a VBScript Injection when generating thumbnails for MSI files, aka the "Bad Taste" issue. There is a local attack if the victim uses the GNOME Files file manager, and navigates to a directory containing a .msi file with VBScript code in its filename.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
gnome-exe-thumbnailer Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Not vulnerable (0.9.5-1)
	bionic	Does not exist
	cosmic	Does not exist
	disco	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was needed)
	upstream	Released (0.9.5-1)
	xenial	Released (0.9.3-2ubuntu0.16.04.1)
	yakkety	Ignored (end of life)
	zesty	Released (0.9.4-2ubuntu0.1)
	Patches: upstream: https://github.com/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/commit/1d8e3102dd8fd23431ae6127d14a236da6b4a4a5

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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