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CVE-2016-1579
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.7
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-04-22T16:29:01.177 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:42:12.203

Summary

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.

Affected products

canonical — ubuntu_download_manager

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References

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