VDB
CVE-2016-9950
CVE-2016-9950
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
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 6.55% · 93.3th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
6.55%
93.3th 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 |
Timeline
- Dec 14, 2016 CVE Published
- Dec 19, 2016 PoC Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 26, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 18, 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