CVE-2015-7946

MTP service exposed during emergency dialer

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Published May 7, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.3 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Information Exposure vulnerability in Unity8 as used on the Ubuntu phone and possibly also in Unity8 shipped elsewhere. This allows an attacker to enable the MTP service by opening the emergency dialer. Fixed in 8.11+16.04.20160111.1-0ubuntu1 and 8.11+15.04.20160122-0ubuntu1.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Canonical

unity8 (Ubuntu)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8.11`	affected	< 8.11+16.04.20160111.1-0ubuntu1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ubports:unity8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-7843	Information Exposure vulnerability in Unity8 as used on the Ubuntu phone and possibly also in Unity8 shipped elsewhere. This allows an attacker to enable the MTP service by opening the emergency dialer. Fixed in 8.11+16.04.20160111.1-0ubuntu1 and 8.11+15.04.20160122-0ubuntu1.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.366% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1525981

History

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Subscriptions

Ubports Unity8

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 10:34 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
Published: May 7, 2020, 10:15 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 10:34 PM
Reserved: Oct 23, 2015, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:33 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 7, 2020, 11:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:33 AM

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