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.

Score
CVSS 3.0 9.8 Critical
Status
Modified - security@ubuntu.com
Published
2019-04-22
Last modified
2024-09-16
Weaknesses
CWE-264

Affected products

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