Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-10708

Title: Apport Project Apport RCE

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2017-10708.

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Jul 18, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.10%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-10708: An issue was discovered in Apport through 2.20.x. In apport/report.py, Apport sets the ExecutablePath field and it then uses the path to run package specific hooks without protecting against path traversal. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .crash file.

Impacted Vendors

apport 1

apport_project 1

Reference Links

https://launchpad.net/bugs/1700573 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+changelog https://launchpad.net/bugs/1700573 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+changelog

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns