CVE-2019-11481
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11481
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-11481.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-11481
- Downstream
- Published
- 2020-02-08T05:15:12.527Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-14T09:31:51.371561Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-11481.json"
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