usn-4965-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-05-25 16:52
Modified
2026-02-10 04:42
Summary
apport vulnerabilities
Details
Maik Münch discovered that Apport incorrectly handled certain information gathering operations. A local attacker could use these issues to read and write arbitrary files as an administrator, and possibly escalate privileges.
References
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"details": "Maik M\u00fcnch discovered that Apport incorrectly handled certain information\ngathering operations. A local attacker could use these issues to read and\nwrite arbitrary files as an administrator, and possibly escalate\nprivileges.\n",
"id": "USN-4965-1",
"modified": "2026-02-10T04:42:12Z",
"published": "2021-05-25T16:52:36Z",
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