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CVE-2019-11481

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CVSS 3.1
7.8 high
EPSS
<1%p38
Published
()
Modified
Description

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.

Vendors
canonicalapport project
Products
ubuntu linux, apport
Weakness
CWE-59
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.5%)

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