CVE-2019-11481 | BDVDB-2026-130455 Detail

Canonicalapport

Description#

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact low, integrity impact none, availability impact none. Attack vector: local.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12020-02-08Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-16Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2020-02-08
Last modified: 2024-09-16

Vendor information

Vendor: Canonical
Product: apport

All Canonical vulnerabilities

Score

3.8 Low

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 39.7.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
>= 2.14.1 and < 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2
Fixed
2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2
Vulnerable
>= 2.20.1 and < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20
Fixed
2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20
Vulnerable
>= 2.20.9 and < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8
Fixed
2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8
Vulnerable
>= 2.20.11 and < 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1
Fixed
2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

3.8 Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity	None
Availability	None

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).