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CVE-2016-1579 (GCVE-0-2016-1579)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-04-22 15:35 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:27
VLAI
Title
UDM doesn't check for confinement before running post-processing commands
Summary
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.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Missing access control checks.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Ubuntu Ubuntu Download Manager Affected: unspecified , < 1.2+16.04.20160408-0ubuntu1 (custom)
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Date Public
2016-04-12 00:00
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