Apport
CVE-2016-9951
MEDIUM
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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1DescriptionCVE.org
An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. A malicious Apport crash file can contain a restart command in RespawnCommand or ProcCmdline fields. This command will be executed if a user clicks the Relaunch button on the Apport prompt from the malicious crash file. The fix is to only show the Relaunch button on Apport crash files generated by local systems. The Relaunch button will be hidden when crash files are opened directly in Apport-GTK.
AnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-284. An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. A malicious Apport crash file can contain a restart command in RespawnCommand or ProcCmdline fields. This command will be executed if a user clicks the Relaunch button on the Apport prompt from the malicious crash file. The fix is to only show the Relaunch button on Apport crash files generated by local systems. The Relaunch button will be hidden when crash files are opened directly in Apport-GTK. Affected products include: Apport Project Apport. Version information: before 2.20.4..
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
The crash reporting feature in Apport 2.13 through 2.17.x before 2.17.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a craf
An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication
An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication
It was discovered that apport in data/apport did not properly open a report file to prevent hanging reads on a FIFO. Rat
It was discovered that the get_starttime() function in data/apport did not properly parse the /proc/pid/stat file from t
It was discovered that the get_pid_info() function in data/apport did not properly parse the /proc/pid/status file from
kernel_crashdump in Apport before 2.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) or possibly ga
It was discovered that the process_report() function in data/whoopsie-upload-all allowed arbitrary file writes via symli
Apport before versions 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm1, 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7, 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1, 2.20.11-0ubu
An information disclosure via path traversal was discovered in apport/hookutils.py function read_file(). Rated medium se
Function check_attachment_for_errors() in file data/general-hooks/ubuntu.py could be tricked into exposing private data
An unhandled exception in check_ignored() in apport/report.py can be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of
Same weakness CWE-284 – Improper Access Control
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