Vulnerability · Published Dec 9, 2020 · Assigned by canonical
CVE-2020-27349aptdaemon performed policykit permissions checks too late
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in aptdaemon from Canonical. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Aptdaemon performed policykit checks after interacting with potentially untrusted files with elevated privileges. This affected versions prior to 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu34.1, 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32.3, 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu19.5, 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14.5.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-862
References
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4664-1 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1899193 x_refsource_MISC