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CVE-2021-32550

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-32550 is a local information disclosure vulnerability affecting Canonical Ubuntu Linux, specifically within the apport/hookutils.py read_file() function. This flaw allows a local attacker with low privileges to expose private data to other local users by exploiting the function's ability to follow symbolic links or open FIFOs when used by openjdk-14 apport hooks. Rated 5.5 MEDIUM, the vulnerability has low attack complexity and no integrity or availability impact, but a high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.14.1-0ubuntu3, < 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.20.1, < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.20.11-0ubuntu27, < 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.20.11-0ubuntu50, < 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.7CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.20.11-0ubuntu65, < 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.3HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
4.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1917904
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory