CVE-2020-16122
Packagekit's apt backend lets user install untrusted local packages
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 8.2EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
07 Nov 2020Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
PackageKit's apt backend mistakenly treated all local debs as trusted. The apt security model is based on repository trust and not on the contents of individual files. On sites with configured PolicyKit rules this may allow users to install malicious packages.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
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