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CVE-2019-11482
Race condition between reading current working directory and writing a core dump
Medium4.2EPSS 0.23%
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- Updated
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- canonical
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonicalCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.23% · top 86% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.2.
Weakness
- Read user data with administrator privileges
- CWE-367 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-367 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (2)
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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