CVE-2009-1295
Apport before 0.108.4 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, before 0.119.2 on Ubuntu 8.10, and before 1.0-0ubuntu5.2 on Ubuntu 9.04 does not properly remove files from the application's crash-report directory, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files via…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Apport before 0.108.4 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, before 0.119.2 on Ubuntu 8.10, and before 1.0-0ubuntu5.2 on Ubuntu 9.04 does not properly remove files from the application's crash-report directory, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 34th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-16
- Affected
- apport/apport · ubuntu/ubuntu
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34947
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34952
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34776
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-768-1Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357024Exploit
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1295
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34947
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34952
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34776
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-768-1Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357024Exploit
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1295
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.