CVE-2017-14604

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductGnome Nautilus
PublishedSep 20, 2017
First seenSep 20, 2017

How to fix

Update
  • gnome nautilus3.23.90 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gnome nautilusv < 3.23.903.23.90
debian debian_linux8.0, 9.0, 10.0—

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