CVE-2016-9950

Published Dec 17, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 6.5% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-10737 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3157-1 Apport vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 3:07 AM
Reserved
Dec 14, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 17, 2016, 3:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:56 AM