CVE-2016-9950

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-9950
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-12-17 03:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.007300000 probability, percentile 0.727730000 (date 2026-05-11)

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary9.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apport Project Apport All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Reliably compromising Ubuntu desktops by attacking the crash reporter | Donncha O'Cearbhaill af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 donncha.is Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
GitHub - DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation: This project contains a PoC and exploit generator for a code execution bug in Ubuntu's Apport crash reporter af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Apport Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Apport 2.x (Ubuntu Desktop 12.10 < 16.04) - Local Code Execution - Linux local Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
USN-3157-1: Apport vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Bug #1648806 “Arbitrary code execution through crafted CrashDB o...” : Bugs : Apport af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Issue Tracking, Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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