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CVE-2019-11481

Apport reads arbitrary files if ~/.config/apport/settings is a symlink

Published: Feb 8, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-59
3.8LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 63.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Kevin Backhouse discovered that apport would read a user-supplied configuration file with elevated privileges. By replacing the file with a symbolic link, a user could get apport to read any file on the system as root, with unknown consequences.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:CC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected Products

Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
UbuntuOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ApportOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
apport project
oss-project
apportOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172858/Ubuntu-Apport-Whoopsie-DoS-Integer-Overflow.html
packetstormsecurity.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2
usn.ubuntu.com
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