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CVE-2019-11481
CVE-2019-11481
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.19% · 41.0th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.19%
41.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | apport | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5, 2.19.2-0ubuntu4, 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | apport | 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.28, 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10, 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | apport | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7, 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Aug 27, 2019 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11481 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4171-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4171-2 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11481 third-party-advisory