CVE-2015-7946 MTP service exposed during emergency dialer

MediumCVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.37%

Published: 2020-05-08 01:15
Updated: 2026-06-17 03:33
Exploit status: No public exploit known

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

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
UBports unity8	All versions	No fix listed
Canonical unity8 (Ubuntu)	>= 8.11, < 8.11+15.04.20160122-0ubuntu1	8.11+15.04.20160122-0ubuntu1

References

launchpad.net third-party-advisory

CVSS v3.1

4.6 Medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector: Physical
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

All scores (4)

v3.1 4.6 · nvd@nist.gov
v3.1 7.3 · canonical
v3.1 7.3 · security@ubuntu.com
v2.0 2.1 · nvd@nist.gov

Weakness & likelihood

EPSS (exploitation probability, 30 days): 0.37% (percentile 30.9)
CWE: CWE-200 Information Exposure

Public exploit references

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No public exploit references known.