CVE-2011-0725 describes an absolute path traversal vulnerability in Aptdaemon 0.40, affecting Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04. A local attacker could exploit this flaw by providing a full pathname in the sources_list argument of the org.debian.apt.UpdateCachePartially method, allowing them to read arbitrary files. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating low attack complexity and local access required, with a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sebastian_heinlein:aptdaemon:0.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
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