THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-9949
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-9949

Apport vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
17.7%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Apport Project
Affected product
Apport
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2016-12-17

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 17.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-9949.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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