medium6.7
CVE-2016-1579
UDM provides support for running commands after a download is completed, this is currently made use of for click package installation.
Impact
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical | Ubuntu Download Manager | All versions |