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CVE-2019-15790 — Apport reads and writes information on a crashed process to /proc/pid with eleva

Apport reads and writes information on a crashed process to /proc/pid with elevated privileges. Apport then determines which user the crashed process belongs to by reading /proc/pid through get_pid_info() in data/apport. An unprivileged user could exploit this to read information

CVSS
2.8 LOW
EPSS
0.05% (top 85.10%)
CWE
CWE-250
Published
2020-04-27T23:25:19.961Z
Last modified
2025-11-03T19:25:26.757Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

Apport reads and writes information on a crashed process to /proc/pid with elevated privileges. Apport then determines which user the crashed process belongs to by reading /proc/pid through get_pid_info() in data/apport. An unprivileged user could exploit this to read information about a privileged running process by exploiting PID recycling. This information could then be used to obtain ASLR…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
CanonicalApport2.14.1, 2.20.1, 2.20.9, 2.20.11

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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