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01 Record

CVE-2019-11481

Apport reads arbitrary files if ~/.config/apport/settings is a symlink

LowPUBLISHEDCNA: canonical
CNA base score3.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

02 Description

Apport reads arbitrary files if ~/.config/apport/settings is a symlink

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
0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 39.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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
2020-02-08 04:50Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 23:25Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-04-23
Assigning CNA
canonical
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Low (CVSS 3.8)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
e03c3d2d20b3f7f80f43b40004d9a0c1d680e6d0fa5183bc0f3ca8cdf207945c

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Canonicalapport2.14.1 to < 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2, 2.20.1 to < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20, 2.20.9 to < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8, 2.20.11 to < 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • apport
    Fixed in 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • apport
    Fixed in 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS

  • apport
    Fixed in 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm2
    Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.