CVE-2019-11481

CVSS V2 Medium 6.1 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-11481
  • Assigner
  • security@ubuntu.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-02-08T05:15:12
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-02-12T21:21:33
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 8.5
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11481
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11481
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:50:01 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 10:52:12 2020-02-08T05:15Z 2020-02-08T05:15:12 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 10:52:12 2020-02-12T21:21:33 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 10:52:12 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated