Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation
- https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95011
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3157-1
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937/
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.