Description

GNOME Nautilus before 3.23.90 allows attackers to spoof a file type by using the .desktop file extension, as demonstrated by an attack in which a .desktop file's Name field ends in .pdf but this file's Exec field launches a malicious "sh -c" command. In other words, Nautilus provides no UI indication that a file actually has the potentially unsafe .desktop extension; instead, the UI only shows the .pdf extension. One (slightly) mitigating factor is that an attack requires the .desktop file to have execute permission. The solution is to ask the user to confirm that the file is supposed to be treated as a .desktop file, and then remember the user's answer in the metadata::trusted field.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 20, 2017, 8:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 18, 2020, 3:05 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-14604 has a 1 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-2017-14604 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 Debian debian_linux
1 Gnome nautilus
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-2017-14604.

URL Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3994 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101012 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0223 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=860268 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777991 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/GNOME/nautilus/commit/1630f53481f445ada0a455e9979236d31a8d3bb0 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/GNOME/nautilus/commit/bc919205bf774f6af3fa7154506c46039af5a69b Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/2238 Third Party Advisory
https://micahflee.com/2017/04/breaking-the-security-model-of-subgraph-os/ Exploit Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-14604 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-14604 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
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3994 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3994 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0223 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0223 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnome:nautilus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.22.3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnome:nautilus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.23.90
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0223 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3994 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 05, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/2238 No Types Assigned https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/2238 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/GNOME/nautilus/commit/bc919205bf774f6af3fa7154506c46039af5a69b No Types Assigned https://github.com/GNOME/nautilus/commit/bc919205bf774f6af3fa7154506c46039af5a69b Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777991 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777991 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101012 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101012 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=860268 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=860268 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://micahflee.com/2017/04/breaking-the-security-model-of-subgraph-os/ No Types Assigned https://micahflee.com/2017/04/breaking-the-security-model-of-subgraph-os/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/GNOME/nautilus/commit/1630f53481f445ada0a455e9979236d31a8d3bb0 No Types Assigned https://github.com/GNOME/nautilus/commit/1630f53481f445ada0a455e9979236d31a8d3bb0 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-20
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnome:nautilus:3.22.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101012 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-14604 is associated with the following CWEs:

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-2017-14604 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-23: File Content Injection File Content Injection CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-28: Fuzzing Fuzzing CAPEC-31: Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-72: URL Encoding URL Encoding CAPEC-73: User-Controlled Filename User-Controlled Filename CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-81: Web Server Logs Tampering Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-83: XPath Injection XPath Injection CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting AJAX Footprinting CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-101: Server Side Include (SSI) Injection Server Side Include (SSI) Injection CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting Cross Zone Scripting CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection CAPEC-109: Object Relational Mapping Injection Object Relational Mapping Injection CAPEC-110: SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-135: Format String Injection Format String Injection CAPEC-136: LDAP Injection LDAP Injection CAPEC-153: Input Data Manipulation Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-182: Flash Injection Flash Injection CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-250: XML Injection XML Injection CAPEC-261: Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-473: Signature Spoof Signature Spoof CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS DOM-Based XSS CAPEC-664: Server Side Request Forgery Server Side Request Forgery
Exploit Prediction

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

0.12 }} -0.05%

score

0.47683

percentile

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