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CVE-2020-16121

PackageKit provided detailed error messages to unprivileged callers that exposed information about file presence and mimetype of files that the user would be unable to determine on its own.

Published

2020-11-07T04:15:12.053

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:06:48.220

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 3.3 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-209
Type: Primary
CWE-209

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	packagekit_project	packagekit	-	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	20.04	Yes

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/+bug/1888887 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.eyecontrol.nl/blog/the-story-of-3-cves-in-ubuntu-desktop.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/+bug/1888887 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.eyecontrol.nl/blog/the-story-of-3-cves-in-ubuntu-desktop.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)