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CVE ID:CVE-2017-14604
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.
Test IDs: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.851837   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882839   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.2.2018.1034   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2018.1694.1   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2018.2058.1   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703994   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.2.2018.1053  
Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-14604
BugTraq ID: 101012
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101012
Debian Security Information: DSA-3994 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3994
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=860268
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777991
https://github.com/GNOME/nautilus/commit/1630f53481f445ada0a455e9979236d31a8d3bb0
https://github.com/GNOME/nautilus/commit/bc919205bf774f6af3fa7154506c46039af5a69b
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/2238
https://micahflee.com/2017/04/breaking-the-security-model-of-subgraph-os/
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:0223
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0223




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