CVE-2017-6590

published 2017-03-09

CVE-2017-6590: 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…

Priority P4 27 medium 6.3 CVSS 3.0

AV P AC H PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

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

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
canonical	ubuntu_linux	—	—
canonical	ubuntu_linux	—	—
canonical	ubuntu_linux	—	—
canonical	ubuntu_linux	—	—
debian	network-manager-applet	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 6.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 6.9 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv 6.3 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 6.3 LOW

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