CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-17080
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-10-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-502
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.
Affected configurations
• linuxmint mintinstall 7.9.9
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154722/mintinstall-7.9.9-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=302960 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/Andhrimnirr/Mintinstall-object-injection Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/linuxmint/mintinstall/blob/master/debian/changelog Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154722/mintinstall-7.9.9-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=302960 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/Andhrimnirr/Mintinstall-object-injection Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/linuxmint/mintinstall/blob/master/debian/changelog Release Notes, Third Party Advisory