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CVE-2016-99511 exploit

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4.

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
6.7%
percentile 94%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. A malicious Apport crash file can contain a restart command in `RespawnCommand` or `ProcCmdline` fields. This command will be executed if a user clicks the Relaunch button on the Apport prompt from the malicious crash file. The fix is to only show the Relaunch button on Apport crash files generated by local systems. The Relaunch button will be hidden when crash files are opened directly in Apport-GTK.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

6.67% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-40937 Apport 2.x (Ubuntu Desktop 12.10 < 16.04) - Local Code Execution · local · 2016-12-14

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.06.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

  • github.com /DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • donncha.is /2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • bugs.launchpad.net /apport/+bug/1648806 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/95011 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/USN-3157-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/40937/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred

Sources

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