CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9951
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• apport project apport (<= 2.20.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95011 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3157-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937/ www.exploit-db.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95011 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3157-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937/ www.exploit-db.com