VDB
CVE-2016-9950
CVE-2016-9950
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.73% · 73.1th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.73%
73.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | apport | 0, 2.19.1-0ubuntu3, 2.19.2-0ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | apport | 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5, 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6, 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/ (nist-nvd)
- https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation (circl)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806 (circl)
- 95011 (circl)
- USN-3157-1 (circl)
- 40937 (cve.org)
- Apport 2.x (Ubuntu Desktop 12.10 < 16.04) - Local Code Execution Exploit (0day-today)
- Apport 2.x (Ubuntu Desktop 12.10 < 16.04) - Local Code Execution Exploit (0day-today)
Timeline
- Dec 14, 2016 CVE Published
- Dec 19, 2016 PoC Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9950 third-party-advisory
- https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/ third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3157-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9950 third-party-advisory