{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "cve@mitre.org", "ID" : "CVE-2016-9949", "STATE" : "PUBLIC" }, "affects" : { "vendor" : { "vendor_data" : [ { "product" : { "product_data" : [ { "product_name" : "n/a", "version" : { "version_data" : [ { "version_value" : "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name" : "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format" : "MITRE", "data_type" : "CVE", "data_version" : "4.0", "description" : { "description_data" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "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." } ] }, "problemtype" : { "problemtype_data" : [ { "description" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references" : { "reference_data" : [ { "name" : "40937", "refsource" : "EXPLOIT-DB", "url" : "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937/" }, { "name" : "https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806", "refsource" : "MISC", "url" : "https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806" }, { "name" : "https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/", "refsource" : "MISC", "url" : "https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/" }, { "name" : "https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation", "refsource" : "MISC", "url" : "https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation" }, { "name" : "USN-3157-1", "refsource" : "UBUNTU", "url" : "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3157-1" }, { "name" : "95011", "refsource" : "BID", "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95011" } ] } }