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CVE-2020-8833

Published: 22/04/2020 Updated: 07/10/2022
CVSS v2 Base Score: 1.9 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
CVSS v3 Base Score: 4.7 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1
VMScore: 169
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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Vulnerability Summary

Maximilien Bourgeteau discovered that the Apport lock file was created with insecure permissions. This could allow a local malicious user to escalate their privileges via a symlink attack. (CVE-2020-8831)

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References

CWE-367https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1862933https://usn.ubuntu.com/4315-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/4315-2/https://nvd.nist.govhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4315-1/
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