CVE-2016-9950 | BDVDB-2026-79832 Detail

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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.

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1. Version 12016-12-17Record published in the CVE List.
2. Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.