An issue was discovered in Thunar before 4.16.7 and 4.17.x...

Vulnerability Description

An issue was discovered in Thunar before 4.16.7 and 4.17.x before 4.17.2. When called with a regular file as a command-line argument, it delegates to a different program (based on the file type) without user confirmation. This could be used to achieve code execution.

References

• https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/commit/9165a61f95e43cc0b5abf9b98eee2818a0191e0b
• https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/commit/3b54d9d7dbd7fd16235e2141c43a7f18718f5664
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/09/2
• https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/tags
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/3
• https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/commit/1b85b96ebf7cb9bf6a3ddf1acee7643643fdf92d
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/05/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/05/2