{"id":"CVE-2016-9950","details":"An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. There is a path traversal issue in the Apport crash file \"Package\" and \"SourcePackage\" fields. These fields are used to build a path to the package specific hook files in the /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/ directory. An attacker can exploit this path traversal to execute arbitrary Python files from the local system.","modified":"2026-03-14T09:21:14.505540Z","published":"2016-12-17T03:59:00.327Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95011"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3157-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2.20.3"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"12.10"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9950.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}