{"id":"CVE-2019-11481","details":"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.","modified":"2026-03-14T09:31:51.371561Z","published":"2020-02-08T05:15:12.527Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172858/Ubuntu-Apport-Whoopsie-DoS-Integer-Overflow.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"14.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"16.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"18.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"19.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"19.10"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-11481.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}