CVE-2017-14604

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En lugar de eso, la interfaz de usuario s\u00f3lo muestra la extensi\u00f3n .pdf. Un factor de mitigaci\u00f3n (leve) es que un ataque requiere que el archivo .desktop tenga permisos de ejecuci\u00f3n. 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