CVE-2015-7946
MTP service exposed during emergency dialer
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
MTP service exposed during emergency dialer
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.
- Record
CVE-2015-7946- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-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.
- Record
EUVD-2015-7843- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8x99-rqcq-6fvg No score
Information Exposure vulnerability in Unity8 as used on the Ubuntu phone and possibly also in...
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.
- Record
GHSA-8x99-rqcq-6fvg- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2015-7946- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-7946
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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7946- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-7946 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.3) in Ubports Unity8, published May 7, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.