CVE-2017-11421

HIGH

gnome-exe-thumbnailer < 0.9.4 - VBScript Injection via MSI Filename

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.debian.org/868705
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99922

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0063
EPSS Percentile 45.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (1)
gnome-exe-thumbnailer_project/gnome-exe-thumbnailer < 0.9.4
Published Jul 18, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026