cvelist/2019/11xxx/CVE-2019-11481.json

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        "DATE_PUBLIC": "2019-10-29T00:00:00.000Z",
        "ID": "CVE-2019-11481",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC",
        "TITLE": "Apport reads arbitrary files if ~/.config/apport/settings is a symlink"
    },
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                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "<",
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                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "<",
                                            "version_name": "2.20.11",
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                    "vendor_name": "Canonical"
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    "credit": [
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            "lang": "eng",
            "value": "Kevin Backhouse"
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    "description": {
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                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "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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        ]
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            "baseScore": 3.8,
            "baseSeverity": "LOW",
            "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
            "integrityImpact": "NONE",
            "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
            "scope": "CHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N",
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                "description": [
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                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Read user data with administrator privileges"
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        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1",
                "name": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2",
                "name": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172858/Ubuntu-Apport-Whoopsie-DoS-Integer-Overflow.html",
                "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172858/Ubuntu-Apport-Whoopsie-DoS-Integer-Overflow.html"
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