CVE-2017-6590 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2017-6590?

CVE-2017-6590 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 9 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in network-manager-applet (aka network-manager-gnome) in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10. A local attacker could use this issue at the default Ubuntu login screen to access local files and execute arbitrary commands as the lightdm user. The exploitation requires physical access to the locked computer and the Wi-Fi must be turned on. An access point that lets you use a certificate to login is required as well, but it's easy to create one. Then, it's possible to open a nautilus window and browse directories. One also can open some applications such as Firefox, which is useful for downloading malicious binaries.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6590?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6590?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2017-6590 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6590 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6590, GHSA-wrx7-qm3p-qw79, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6590, openSUSE-SU-2024:10603-1.