PT-2017-7474 · Canonical · Click+1

Colin Watson · Published 2015-10-15 · Updated 2017-10-03 · CVE-2015-8768

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions click versions (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to install an alternate security policy and gain privileges via a crafted package. This can be demonstrated by the test.mmrow app for Ubuntu phone.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-8768

USN-2771-1

Affected Products

Ubuntu

Click

References · 17

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/12/8 · Patch
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2771-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2771-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8768 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8768 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8768 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2771-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8768 · Security Note
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/click/+bug/1506467 · Patch
• https://code.launchpad.net/~cjwatson/click/audit-missing-dot-slash/+merge/274554 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8768 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plus.google.com/+SzymonWaliczek/posts/3jbG2uiAniF · Note
• http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~click-hackers/click/devel/revision/587 · Note
• https://launchpad.net/bugs/1506467 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/11/8 · Note