cvelist/2016/1xxx/CVE-2016-1579.json

{
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ASSIGNER": "security@ubuntu.com",
        "DATE_PUBLIC": "2016-04-12T00:00:00.000Z",
        "ID": "CVE-2016-1579",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC",
        "TITLE": "UDM doesn't check for confinement before running post-processing commands"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "Ubuntu Download Manager",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "affected": "<",
                                            "version_value": "1.2+16.04.20160408-0ubuntu1"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "vendor_name": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "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."
            }
        ]
    },
    "impact": {
        "cvss": {
            "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
            "attackVector": "LOCAL",
            "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
            "baseScore": 6.7,
            "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
            "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
            "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
            "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.0"
        }
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Missing access control checks."
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~phablet-team/ubuntu-download-manager/trunk/revision/359",
                "name": "https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~phablet-team/ubuntu-download-manager/trunk/revision/359"
            }
        ]
    },
    "source": {
        "defect": [
            "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-download-manager/+bug/1567960"
        ],
        "discovery": "INTERNAL"
    }
}