CVE-2016-9951
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-12-17 03:34Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 03:07Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-12-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4754671ab702159c724183444756351a23b9ee67455fddf4d480558d2c5c4b0b
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation
- donncha.ishttps://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806
- www.securityfocus.com95011http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95011
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3157-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3157-1
- www.exploit-db.com40937https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937/
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- apport Fixed in 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.23
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- apport Fixed in 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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