CVE-2016-9950 (GCVE-0-2016-9950)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-17 03:34 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:07
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Summary
An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. There is a path traversal issue in the Apport crash file "Package" and "SourcePackage" fields. These fields are used to build a path to the package specific hook files in the /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/ directory. An attacker can exploit this path traversal to execute arbitrary Python files from the local system.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/ | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95011 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3157-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
Date Public
2016-12-16 00:00
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