CVE - CVE-2016-9950

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-9950	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
BID:95011 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95011 EXPLOIT-DB:40937 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937/ MISC:https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806 MISC:https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/ MISC:https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation UBUNTU:USN-3157-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3157-1
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20161214	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20161214)
Votes (Legacy)

Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
This is an record on the CVE List, which provides common identifiers for publicly known cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Search CVE Using Keywords: You can also search by reference using the CVE Reference Maps.
For More Information: CVE Request Web Form (select "Other" from dropdown)