[mat-dev] CVE-2017-9149

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Author: Dennis Fink
Date:  
To: mat-dev
Subject: [mat-dev] CVE-2017-9149
Hey,

I finally requested the CVE for the broken nautilus extension in version
0.6 and 0.6.1.

The CVE ID is CVE-2017-9149.

Following is the other data attached to the CVE:

[Suggested description]
Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit (MAT) 0.6 and 0.6.1 silently fails to perform "Clean metadata" actions
upon invocation from the Nautilus contextual menu, which allows context-dependent attackers to
obtain sensitive information by reading a file for which cleaning had been attempted.

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[VulnerabilityType Other]
Silently stops working

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[Vendor of Product]
MAT Developers

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[Affected Product Code Base]
MAT - 0.6
MAT - 0.6.1

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[Affected Component]
Nautilus Extensions

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[Attack Type]
Local

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[CVE Impact Other]
Fails to clean metadata

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[Reference]
https://0xacab.org/mat/mat/issues/11527
https://0xacab.org/mat/mat/commit/94ca62a429bb6a3a5f293de26053e54bbfeea9f9
https://0xacab.org/mat/mat/commit/8f6303a1f26fe8dad83ba96ab8328dbdfa3af59a
https://bugs.debian.org/858058

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[Has vendor confirmed or acknowledged the vulnerability?]
true

Cheers,
metalgamer