CVE-2017-11421

Publication date 18 July 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gnome-exe-thumbnailer	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 0.9.4-2ubuntu0.1
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.9.3-2ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
gnome-exe-thumbnailer	Upstream: 1d8e310

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H