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CVE-2016-9950

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.

Published

2016-12-17T03:59:00.327

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-22

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	apport_project	apport	≤ 2.20.3	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	≤ 12.10	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95011 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3157-1 ([email protected])
https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937/ ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95011 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3157-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)