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CVE-2017-11421

N/A
Published: July 18, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:01 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGnome Exe Thumbnailer

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://news.dieweltistgarnichtso.net/posts/gnome-thumbnailer-msi-fail.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99922
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/868705
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/commit/1d8e3102dd8fd23431ae6127d14a236da6b4a4a5

CVSS

4.6MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-94

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