5.5

CVE-2020-27349: canonical aptdaemon Missing Authorization

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-27349
Published 09-12-2020Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-27349 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Missing Authorization vulnerability in canonical aptdaemon. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.29%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-4664-1

Timeline

  1. 09-12-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Aptdaemon performed policykit checks after interacting with potentially untrusted files with elevated privileges. This affected versions prior to 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu34.1, 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32.3, 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu19.5, 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14.5.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

20%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.29% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Canonical2 products
  • aptdaemon≥ 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14, < 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14.5 | ≥ 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu19, < 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu19.5 | ≥ 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32, < 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32.3 | ≥ 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu34, < 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu34.1
  • ubuntu_linuxEOL16.04 | 18.04 | 20.04 | 20.10
Ubuntu1 product
  • aptdaemon< 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14.5 | < 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu19.5 | < 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32.3

2 vendors · 3 products

References

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