UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32563

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-32563

    Published: 11 May 2021Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-32563

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-32563, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/09/2, https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/tags, https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/commit/9165a61f95e43cc0b5abf9b98eee2818a0191e0b, https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/commit/3b54d9d7dbd7fd16235e2141c43a7f18718f5664, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/3, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32563

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: thunar

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.6.10-1
    1.6.10-2
    1.6.10-2ubuntu1
    1.6.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
    1.6.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

    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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