Apport Command Execution Vulnerability

Ubuntu is a desktop-oriented GNU/Linux operating system developed by Canonical and the Ubuntu Foundation, and Apport is a toolkit that collects and provides feedback on errors information that the operating system finds useful when an application crashes. A security vulnerability exists in versio...

Internet Bug Bounty: RCE on default Ubuntu Desktop >= 12.10 Quantal

I recently reported a number of vulnerabilities in Canonical's Apport crash report software. These bugs provided RCE on a default install of Ubuntu Desktop = 12.10 upon opening a malicious file. I reported the issues to the Apport maintainers and we coordinate the disclosure of these issues. Is t...

Ubuntu crash reporting tool there is a remote code execution vulnerability-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Security researchers found the Ubuntu crash reporting tool there is a remote code execution vulnerability, an attacker may only need a malicious file will be able to capture a system. The vulnerability affects all default installations of Ubuntu Linux 12.10 Quantaland later version of theoperatin...

Apport 2.x (Ubuntu Desktop 12.10 < 16.04) - Local Code Execution Exploit

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits Both of these issues were reported to the Apport maintainers and a fix was released on 2016-12-14. The CrashDB code injection issue can be tracked with CVE-2016-9949 and the path traversal bug with CVE-2016-9950. An additional problem where...

CVE-2016-9949

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. In apport/ui.py, Apport reads the CrashDB field and it then evaluates the field as Python code if it begins with a "". This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code...

Code injection

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. In apport/ui.py, Apport reads the CrashDB field and it then evaluates the field as Python code if it begins with a "". This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code...

Command injection

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. A malicious Apport crash file can contain a restart command in RespawnCommand or ProcCmdline fields. This command will be executed if a user clicks the Relaunch button on the Apport prompt from the malicious crash file. The fix is to only show the...

Path traversal

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. There is a path traversal issue in the Apport crash file "Package" and "SourcePackage" fields. These fields are used to build a path to the package specific hook files in the /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/ directory. An attacker can exploit this...

CVE-2016-9951

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. A malicious Apport crash file can contain a restart command in RespawnCommand or ProcCmdline fields. This command will be executed if a user clicks the Relaunch button on the Apport prompt from the malicious crash file. The fix is to only show the...

CVE-2016-9950

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. There is a path traversal issue in the Apport crash file "Package" and "SourcePackage" fields. These fields are used to build a path to the package specific hook files in the /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/ directory. An attacker can exploit this...

CVE-2016-9949

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. In apport/ui.py, Apport reads the CrashDB field and it then evaluates the field as Python code if it begins with a "". This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code...

Immunity Canvas: APPORT_CRASH_HANDLER

Name| apportcrashhandler ---|--- CVE| CVE-2016-9949 Exploit Pack| CANVAS Description| Ubuntu Apport Crash Handler RCE Notes| CVE Name: CVE-2016-9949 Vendor: Ubuntu Notes: This module creates a crafted Apport crash file report that seems to be a simple text file. When the text file is double click...

CVE-2016-9950

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. There is a path traversal issue in the Apport crash file "Package" and "SourcePackage" fields. These fields are used to build a path to the package specific hook files in the /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/ directory. An attacker can exploit this...

CVE-2016-9951

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. A malicious Apport crash file can contain a restart command in RespawnCommand or ProcCmdline fields. This command will be executed if a user clicks the Relaunch button on the Apport prompt from the malicious crash file. The fix is to only show the...

CVE-2016-9949

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. In apport/ui.py, Apport reads the CrashDB field and it then evaluates the field as Python code if it begins with a "". This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code...

CVE-2016-9950

CVE-2016-9950 affects Apport before 2.20.4. A path traversal in the crash file handling (Package and SourcePackage fields) builds paths to /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/ and can be exploited to execute arbitrary Python files on the local system. Affected software is Apport; root cause is improp...

CVE-2016-9951

CVE-2016-9951 affects Apport prior to 2.20.4. A malicious crash file can contain a restart command in the RespawnCommand or ProcCmdline fields, which is executed if a user clicks the Relaunch button on the Apport prompt. The underlying issue is that crash file content can trigger arbitrary comman...

CVE-2016-9951

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. A malicious Apport crash file can contain a restart command in RespawnCommand or ProcCmdline fields. This command will be executed if a user clicks the Relaunch button on the Apport prompt from the malicious crash file. The fix is to only show the...

CVE-2016-9950

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. There is a path traversal issue in the Apport crash file "Package" and "SourcePackage" fields. These fields are used to build a path to the package specific hook files in the /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/ directory. An attacker can exploit this...

CVE-2016-9949

CVE-2016-9949 affects Apport prior to 2.20.4. In apport/ui.py, Apport reads the CrashDB field and, if it begins with a '{', evaluates it as Python code, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via a crafted crash file. The vulnerability is demonstrated on Ubuntu desktop release...