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.
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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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (53.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Canonical Ubuntu Download Manager
- Ubuntu Download Manager — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bazaar.launchpad.net/~phablet-team/ubuntu-download-manager/trunk/revision/359 (Third Party Advisory)
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.