CVE-2018-1106

Publication date 23 April 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

An authentication bypass flaw has been found in PackageKit before 1.1.10 that allows users without administrator privileges to install signed packages. A local attacker can use this vulnerability to install vulnerable packages to further compromise a system.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
packagekit	17.10 artful	Fixed 1.1.7-1ubuntu0.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

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introduced by f176976e24e8c17b80eff222572275517c16bdad introduced in 1.0.10

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
packagekit	Upstream: 7e8a790

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N