CVE-2016-9950 is a path traversal vulnerability in Apport versions prior to 2.20.4, affecting Apport and Ubuntu Linux. An attacker can exploit specially crafted crash files to manipulate package fields, leading to the execution of arbitrary Python files from the local system. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8 due to its low attack complexity and the potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-40937) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.20.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 12.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.