fkie_cve-2017-6590
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-03-09 19:59
Modified
2024-11-21 03:30
Severity ?
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An issue was discovered in network-manager-applet (aka network-manager-gnome) in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10. A local attacker could use this issue at the default Ubuntu login screen to access local files and execute arbitrary commands as the lightdm user. The exploitation requires physical access to the locked computer and the Wi-Fi must be turned on. An access point that lets you use a certificate to login is required as well, but it's easy to create one. Then, it's possible to open a nautilus window and browse directories. One also can open some applications such as Firefox, which is useful for downloading malicious binaries.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037977
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1668321Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-09
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3217-1/Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp2lwRVg0l0Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037977
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1668321Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-09
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3217-1/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp2lwRVg0l0Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.10


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