CVE-2021-32563
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 3% (pctl 87)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.02% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-913 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2021-05-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| xfce | thunar |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/05/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/05/2
- https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/commit/1b85b96ebf7cb9bf6a3ddf1acee7643643fdf92d
- https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/commit/3b54d9d7dbd7fd16235e2141c43a7f18718f5664
- https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/commit/9165a61f95e43cc0b5abf9b98eee2818a0191e0b
- https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/tags
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/09/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/05/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/05/2
- https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/commit/1b85b96ebf7cb9bf6a3ddf1acee7643643fdf92d
- https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/commit/3b54d9d7dbd7fd16235e2141c43a7f18718f5664
- https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/commit/9165a61f95e43cc0b5abf9b98eee2818a0191e0b
- https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/tags
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/09/2
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