### [CVE-2017-11421](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11421)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugs.debian.org/868705
- https://github.com/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/gnome-exe-thumbnailer/commit/1d8e3102dd8fd23431ae6127d14a236da6b4a4a5

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/lnick2023/nicenice
- https://github.com/qazbnm456/awesome-cve-poc
- https://github.com/xbl3/awesome-cve-poc_qazbnm456