What is CVE-2016-1579?

CVE-2016-1579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Download Manager, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2016-1579?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Download Manager

CVE-2016-1579

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.

EPSS: 0.008 (51.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu_download_manager
Ubuntu Download Manager — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

security@ubuntu.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1579?: CVE-2016-1579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Download Manager, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2016-1579?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.