Vulnerability CVE-2016-9951
Published: 2016-12-16   Modified: 2016-12-17

Description:
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 Relaunch button on Apport crash files generated by local systems. The Relaunch button will be hidden when crash files are opened directly in Apport-GTK.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Apport project -> Apport 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95011
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3157-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806
https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/
https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937/
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