Vigil@nce - Apport: information disclosure via Privileged Crash Dump
November 2019 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Ubuntu.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: data reading.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 30/10/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass access restrictions to data via Privileged Crash Dump of Apport, in order to obtain sensitive information.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Apport-information-disclosure-via-Privileged-Crash-Dump-30745