cve/2019/CVE-2019-11481.md

### [CVE-2019-11481](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11481)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=apport&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=2.14.1%3C%202.14.1-0ubuntu3.29%2Besm2%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=Read%20user%20data%20with%20administrator%20privileges&color=brighgreen)

### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172858/Ubuntu-Apport-Whoopsie-DoS-Integer-Overflow.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172858/Ubuntu-Apport-Whoopsie-DoS-Integer-Overflow.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon