CVE-2019-17080

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
mintinstall (aka Software Manager) 7.9.9 for Linux Mint allows code execution if a REVIEWS_CACHE file is controlled by an attacker, because an unpickle occurs. This is resolved in 8.0.0 and backports.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-17080
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-10-02T13:15:11
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-08T18:23:46
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-502 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:linuxmint:mintinstall:7.9.9:*:*:*:*:linux_mint:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/linuxmint/mintinstall/blob/master/debian/changelog Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Andhrimnirr/Mintinstall-object-injection Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154722/mintinstall-7.9.9-Code-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=302960 Exploit Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17080
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17080
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:15:42 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 03:40:34 2019-10-02T13:15Z 2019-10-02T13:15:11 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 03:40:34 2019-10-08T18:23:46 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 03:40:35 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated