CVE-2017-11421

Publication date 18 July 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

High

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gnome-exe-thumbnailer 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Fixed 0.9.4-2ubuntu0.1
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.9.3-2ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
gnome-exe-thumbnailer

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
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