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CVE-2017-14604 Detail

Current 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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  09/20/2017
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.5 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 2.8

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized modification

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3994
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101012 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0223
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=860268 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777991 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/2238 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/GNOME/nautilus/commit/1630f53481f445ada0a455e9979236d31a8d3bb0 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/GNOME/nautilus/commit/bc919205bf774f6af3fa7154506c46039af5a69b Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://micahflee.com/2017/04/breaking-the-security-model-of-subgraph-os/ Exploit Third Party Advisory

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-14604
NVD Published Date:
09/20/2017
NVD Last Modified:
01/26/2018