CVE-2021-32563

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    CVE-2021-32563

    Published: 11 May 2021Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: 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/-/tags, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/09/2, https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/commit/1b85b96ebf7cb9bf6a3ddf1acee7643643fdf92d, https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/commit/3b54d9d7dbd7fd16235e2141c43a7f18718f5664, https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/commit/9165a61f95e43cc0b5abf9b98eee2818a0191e0b

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -13b837945b35ab48a2da4e54657169d0453e5e06

    Affected versions

    thunar-4.16.6
    thunar-4.16.5
    thunar-4.16.4
    thunar-4.16.3
    thunar-4.16.2
    thunar-4.16.1
    thunar-4.16.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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