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CVE-2016-1579

Published: 22 April 2019

UDM provides support for running commands after a download is completed, this is currently made use of for click package installation. This functionality was not restricted to unconfined applications. Before UDM version 1.2+16.04.20160408-0ubuntu1 any confined application could make use of the UDM C++ API to run arbitrary commands in an unconfined environment as the phablet user.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
fixed in OTA-10.1

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
ubuntu-download-manager
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream Needs triage

wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial
Released (1.2+16.04.20160408-0ubuntu1)
yakkety
Released (1.2+16.04.20160408-0ubuntu1)
zesty
Released (1.2+16.04.20160408-0ubuntu1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H