cve/2016/CVE-2016-9949.md

CVE-2016-9949

Description

An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. In apport/ui.py, Apport reads the CrashDB field and it then evaluates the field as Python code if it begins with a "{". This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code.

POC

Reference

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806
• https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937/

Github

• https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation