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ubuntu-cve-2016-1579

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2019-04-22 16:29

Modified

2026-04-22 07:37

Summary

Details

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

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

6.7 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1579	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1579	REPORT

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            "binary_name": "qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-download-manager0.1",
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  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:54Z",
  "published": "2019-04-22T16:29:00Z",
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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

Title

UDM doesn't check for confinement before running post-processing commands

Summary

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

canonical

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~phablet-team/ubuntu…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Ubuntu	Ubuntu Download Manager	Affected: unspecified , < 1.2+16.04.20160408-0ubuntu1 (custom)

Date Public

2016-04-12 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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

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