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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- mintinstall 7.9.9 - Code Execution EDB-47457 · webapps · Oct 3, 2019
GitHub 2 repositories
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Andhrimnirr/Mintinstall-object-injection ★ 1 · Oct 2, 2019
CVE-2019-17080
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materaj2/Mintinstall-object-injection ★ 0 · Oct 18, 2019
CVE-2019-17080
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.