Kevin Backhouse discovered that apport would read a user-supplied configuration file with elevated privileges. By replacing the file with a symbolic link, a user could get apport to read any file on the system as root, with unknown consequences.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
Published: 2020-02-08T04:50:21.892355Z
Updated: 2024-09-16T23:25:27.956Z
Reserved: 2019-04-23T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2019-11481
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-02-08T05:15:12.527
Modified: 2023-06-12T07:15:11.413
Link: CVE-2019-11481
Redhat
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