CVE-2019-11481 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2019-11481 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 08/02/2020 | CVE Updated: 16/09/2024 | CVE Year: 2019
Source: canonical | Vendor: Canonical | Product: apport
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2019-11481 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 3.8 LOW
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* LOCAL
    Attack Complexity (AC)* LOW
    Privileges Required (PR)* LOW
    User Interaction (UI)* NONE
    Scope (S)* CHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* LOW
    Integrity Impact (I)* NONE
    Availability Impact (A)* NONE

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID:
CWE Name: Read user data with administrator privileges
Source: Canonical

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

CAPEC-ID:
CAPEC Description:


Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).