Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 42.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.7
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
References
Products affected by CVE-2016-1579
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