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 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.
References
Link Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3994 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101012 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0223 Third Party Advisory
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/GNOME/nautilus/commit/1630f53481f445ada0a455e9979236d31a8d3bb0 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/GNOME/nautilus/commit/bc919205bf774f6af3fa7154506c46039af5a69b Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/2238 Third Party Advisory
https://micahflee.com/2017/04/breaking-the-security-model-of-subgraph-os/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3994 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101012 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0223 Third Party Advisory
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/GNOME/nautilus/commit/1630f53481f445ada0a455e9979236d31a8d3bb0 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/GNOME/nautilus/commit/bc919205bf774f6af3fa7154506c46039af5a69b Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/2238 Third Party Advisory
https://micahflee.com/2017/04/breaking-the-security-model-of-subgraph-os/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:nautilus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:13

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

Information

Published : 2017-09-20 08:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:13


NVD link : CVE-2017-14604

Mitre link : CVE-2017-14604

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-14604


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Products Affected

gnome

  • nautilus

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation