CVE-2016-1579

low-risk

Published 2019-04-22

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.

Do I need to act?

0.20% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 6.7/10 Medium

LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Ubuntu Download Manager

Affected Vendors

Canonical

References (2)

Third Party Advisory https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~phablet-team/ubuntu-download-manager/trunk/revisio...

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low-risk

Severity 17/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal