CVE-2019-17080 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2019-10-02

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 10.8% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:linuxmint:mintinstall:7.9.9:*:*:*:*:linux_mint:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.10834.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154722/mintinstall-7.9.9-Code-Execution.html
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=302960
https://github.com/Andhrimnirr/Mintinstall-object-injection
https://github.com/linuxmint/mintinstall/blob/master/debian/changelog

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.1046}`	epss `{'score': 0.10834}`

Subscriptions

Linuxmint Mintinstall

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-10-02T12:17:42.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:33:17.296Z

Reserved: 2019-10-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-17080

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-10-02T13:15:11.373

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:31:39.823

Link: CVE-2019-17080

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-502

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