CVE-2019-11481 (GCVE-0-2019-11481)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-02-08 04:50
Modified
2024-09-16 23:25
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- Read user data with administrator privileges
Summary
Kevin Backhouse discovered that apport would read a user-supplied configuration file with elevated privileges. By replacing the file with a symbolic link, a user could get apport to read any file on the system as root, with unknown consequences.
References
Impacted products
{
"containers": {
"adp": [
{
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T22:55:40.657Z",
"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"shortName": "CVE"
},
"references": [
{
"tags": [
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172858/Ubuntu-Apport-Whoopsie-DoS-Integer-Overflow.html"
}
],
"title": "CVE Program Container"
}
],
"cna": {
"affected": [
{
"product": "apport",
"vendor": "Canonical",
"versions": [
{
"lessThan": "2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2",
"status": "affected",
"version": "2.14.1",
"versionType": "custom"
},
{
"lessThan": "2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20",
"status": "affected",
"version": "2.20.1",
"versionType": "custom"
},
{
"lessThan": "2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8",
"status": "affected",
"version": "2.20.9",
"versionType": "custom"
},
{
"lessThan": "2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1",
"status": "affected",
"version": "2.20.11",
"versionType": "custom"
}
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "Kevin Backhouse"
}
],
"datePublic": "2019-10-29T00:00:00",
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "Kevin Backhouse discovered that apport would read a user-supplied configuration file with elevated privileges. By replacing the file with a symbolic link, a user could get apport to read any file on the system as root, with unknown consequences."
}
],
"metrics": [
{
"cvssV3_1": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "LOCAL",
"availabilityImpact": "NONE",
"baseScore": 3.8,
"baseSeverity": "LOW",
"confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
"integrityImpact": "NONE",
"privilegesRequired": "LOW",
"scope": "CHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"version": "3.1"
}
}
],
"problemTypes": [
{
"descriptions": [
{
"description": "Read user data with administrator privileges",
"lang": "en",
"type": "text"
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2023-06-12T00:00:00",
"orgId": "cc1ad9ee-3454-478d-9317-d3e869d708bc",
"shortName": "canonical"
},
"references": [
{
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1"
},
{
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2"
},
{
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172858/Ubuntu-Apport-Whoopsie-DoS-Integer-Overflow.html"
}
],
"source": {
"advisory": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1",
"defect": [
"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1830862"
],
"discovery": "EXTERNAL"
},
"title": "Apport reads arbitrary files if ~/.config/apport/settings is a symlink",
"x_generator": {
"engine": "Vulnogram 0.0.9"
}
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "cc1ad9ee-3454-478d-9317-d3e869d708bc",
"assignerShortName": "canonical",
"cveId": "CVE-2019-11481",
"datePublished": "2020-02-08T04:50:21.892355Z",
"dateReserved": "2019-04-23T00:00:00",
"dateUpdated": "2024-09-16T23:25:27.956Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.1"
}
Loading…
Loading…
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
- Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Loading…
Loading…