CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-6590

6.3 MEDIUM Published 2017-03-09 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-03-09
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-863

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.10

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness

References