{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11421","details":"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.","modified":"2025-07-16T07:35:44.462309Z","published":"2017-07-18T19:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-11421"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11421"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://news.dieweltistgarnichtso.net/posts/gnome-thumbnailer-msi-fail.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/commit/1d8e3102dd8fd23431ae6127d14a236da6b4a4a5"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.debian.org/868705"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11421"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gnome-exe-thumbnailer","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnome-exe-thumbnailer@0.9.3-2ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.9.3-2ubuntu0.16.04.1"}]}],"versions":["0.9.3-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"gnome-exe-thumbnailer","binary_version":"0.9.3-2ubuntu0.16.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11421.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"high"}]}