CVE-2020-16121: low-severity vulnerability in PackageKit
PackageKit error messages leak presence and mimetype of files to unprivileged users
Published · Updated
8Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 3.3epss 0.5%
exploitation probability
0.5%top 60% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
PackageKit provided detailed error messages to unprivileged callers that exposed information about file presence and mimetype of files that the user would be unable to determine on its own.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products
PackageKit · PackageKitRelated CVEs — PackageKit
In the same product, most dangerous first.