CVE-2020-16121: PackageKit error messages leak presence and mimetype of files to unprivileged users
Vendor fix available · Affected: PackageKit · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 41% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
PackageKit provided detailed error messages to unprivileged callers that exposed information about file presence and mimetype of files that the user would be unable to determine on its own.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- PackageKit · PackageKitfrom 1.1.13-2ubuntu before 1.1.13-2ubuntu1.1; from 1.1.9-1ubuntu2 before 1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.6; from 0.8.17-4ubuntu6 before 0.8.17-4ubuntu6~gcc5.4ubuntu1.5
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- PackageKit
- Published
- November 2020
CoverageNo articles yet
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