High severity · published Oct 2, 2019
CVE-2019-17080
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
7.8
CVSS
8.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.2% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MI
Mintinstall · Linuxmint
7.9.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17080
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17080
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154722/mintinstall-7.9.9-Code-Execution.html
Exploit
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=302960
Exploit
https://github.com/Andhrimnirr/Mintinstall-object-injection
Release Notes
https://github.com/linuxmint/mintinstall/blob/master/debian/changelog