CVE-2019-11482

low-risk

Published 2020-02-08

Sander Bos discovered a time of check to time of use (TOCTTOU) vulnerability in apport that allowed a user to cause core files to be written in arbitrary directories.

Do I need to act?

0.09% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 4.2/10 Medium

LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (6)

Ubuntu Linux

Apport

Affected Vendors

Canonical Apport Project

References (4)

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2

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low-risk

Severity 11/34 · Low

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 13/34 · Low