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CVE-2017-11421

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.63% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-07-18 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2017-11421
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.63%

Original NVD Description

gnome-exe-thumbnailer before 0.9.5 is prone to a VBScript Injection when generating thumbnails for MSI files, aka the "Bad Taste" issue. There is a local attack if the victim uses the GNOME Files file manager, and navigates to a directory containing a .msi file with VBScript code in its filename.