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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 18, 2017, 7:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:07 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-11421 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-11421 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gnome-exe-thumbnailer_project gnome-exe-thumbnailer
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-11421.

URL Resource
http://news.dieweltistgarnichtso.net/posts/gnome-thumbnailer-msi-fail.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99922
https://bugs.debian.org/868705 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/commit/1d8e3102dd8fd23431ae6127d14a236da6b4a4a5 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://news.dieweltistgarnichtso.net/posts/gnome-thumbnailer-msi-fail.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99922
https://bugs.debian.org/868705 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/commit/1d8e3102dd8fd23431ae6127d14a236da6b4a4a5 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 11, 2023, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1044 different CVEs too.

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Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
13 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : May 25, 2020, 7:51 a.m. This repo has been linked 1029 different CVEs too.

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awesome cve poc

Updated: 2 days ago
3329 stars 680 fork 680 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2017, 6:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 1044 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-11421 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-11421 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 26, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://news.dieweltistgarnichtso.net/posts/gnome-thumbnailer-msi-fail.html No Types Assigned http://news.dieweltistgarnichtso.net/posts/gnome-thumbnailer-msi-fail.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/868705 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/868705 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/commit/1d8e3102dd8fd23431ae6127d14a236da6b4a4a5 No Types Assigned https://github.com/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/commit/1d8e3102dd8fd23431ae6127d14a236da6b4a4a5 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-94
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnome-exe-thumbnailer_project:gnome-exe-thumbnailer:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 26, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99922 [No Types Assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-11421 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

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0.22803

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