CVE-2019-17080

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-502

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154722/mintinstall-7.9.9-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=302960Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/Andhrimnirr/Mintinstall-object-injectionExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/linuxmint/mintinstall/blob/master/debian/changelogRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154722/mintinstall-7.9.9-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=302960Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/Andhrimnirr/Mintinstall-object-injectionExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/linuxmint/mintinstall/blob/master/debian/changelogRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 2, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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