CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-8768

Published: Feb 13, 2017 | Modified: Oct 03, 2017
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
CRITICAL

click/install.py in click does not require files in package filesystem tarballs to start with ./ (dot slash), which allows remote attackers to install an alternate security policy and gain privileges via a crafted package, as demonstrated by the test.mmrow app for Ubuntu phone.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Click Click_project - (including) - (including)
Click Ubuntu devel *
Click Ubuntu trusty *
Click Ubuntu upstream *
Click Ubuntu vivid *
Click Ubuntu vivid/stable-phone-overlay *

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