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CVE-2017-14604 Detail

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.


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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-14604
NVD Published Date:
09/20/2017
NVD Last Modified:
04/19/2025
Source:
MITRE