ubuntu-cve-2017-11421
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-07-18 19:29
Modified
2025-07-16 04:52
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
high
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "gnome-exe-thumbnailer",
            "binary_version": "0.9.3-2ubuntu0.16.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "gnome-exe-thumbnailer",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnome-exe-thumbnailer@0.9.3-2ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.9.3-2ubuntu0.16.04.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.9.3-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11421",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:52:14Z",
  "published": "2017-07-18T19:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11421"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://news.dieweltistgarnichtso.net/posts/gnome-thumbnailer-msi-fail.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/commit/1d8e3102dd8fd23431ae6127d14a236da6b4a4a5"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/868705"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11421"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "high",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-11421"
  ]
}



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