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.
Path Traversal
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 84%
VendorProductVersion
apport_projectapport
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≤ 2.20.3
canonicalubuntu_linux
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≤ 12.10
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= Vulnerable software versions
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Ubuntu Product
Codename
apport
zesty
not-affected
yakkety
Fixed 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
released
xenial
Fixed 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
released
trusty
Fixed 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.23
released
precise
Fixed 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.15
released