CVE-2016-1579
UDM doesn't check for confinement before running post-processing commands
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.7 Medium
- Published
- Apr 22, 2019
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 12, 2016
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 6.7 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | canonical |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Ubuntu Download ManagerUbuntu |
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References
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