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TI-2016-08056 Aliases CVE-2016-9950GHSA-rgrg-wm7f-3pp8

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4.

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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 path traversal to execute arbitrary Python files from the local system.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06549 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD and the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.20.3VulnerableApport Project
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 12.10VulnerableCanonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.20.3 Vulnerable ·Apport Project
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 12.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-9950
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rgrg-wm7f-3pp8

References

Exploit 2

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Sources

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