VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-11485
Sander Bos discovered Apport's lock file was in a world-writable directory which allowed all users to prevent crash handling.
LOW 3.3EPSS 0.26%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Sander Bos discovered Apport's lock file was in a world-writable directory which allowed all users to prevent crash handling.
- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.26% probability · 18th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-412
- Affected
- apport project/apport · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
EPSS 0.3% since 27 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
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-1Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4171-2Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.