CVE-2017-14604Not scoredCWE-20

CVE-2017-14604: Gnome Nautilus vulnerability

Gnome · Nautilus

Fixed in 3.23.90 · Affected: Gnome Nautilus before 3.23.90 · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)

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2.5%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

84th percentile

050100

Higher than 84% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

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Exploitation: Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Improper Input Validation · Input Validation and Logic
Vendor: Gnome
Published: September 2017
Band: Possible (1 to 10%), September 2017

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