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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-3048 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:12:39.591Z

Reserved: 2017-07-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-11421

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-07-18T19:29:00.193

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-11421

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-07-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-11421 - Bugzilla

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