Medium severity · published Sep 20, 2017
CVE-2017-14604
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…
6.5
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
NA
Nautilus · Gnome
before 3.23.90 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14604
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14604
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3994
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101012
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0223
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=860268
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777991
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/GNOME/nautilus/commit/1630f53481f445ada0a455e9979236d31a8d3bb0
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