vendor:
mintinstall
by:
Andhrimnirr
7.8
CVSS
HIGH
Object Injection
502
CWE
Product Name: mintinstall
Affected Version From: 7.9.9
Affected Version To: 7.9.9
Patch Exists: Yes
Related CWE: CVE-2019-17080
CPE: a:linux_mint:mintinstall
Metasploit:
N/A
Other Scripts:
N/A
Platforms Tested: Linux Mint
2019
mintinstall (aka Software Manager) object injection
This exploit is for mintinstall (aka Software Manager) object injection vulnerability. It allows an attacker to inject malicious code into the .cache/mintinstall/reviews.cache file, which is then executed when the mintinstall application is started. The malicious code is written to the file using the shellCode() function, which takes a payload as an argument. The payload is a Python string that contains a command to execute a reverse shell to the attacker's machine.
Mitigation:
The vendor has released a patch to address this vulnerability. Users should update to the latest version of mintinstall.