Path Traversal in Sebastian Heinlein Aptdaemon
CVE-2011-0725
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the org.debian.apt.UpdateCachePartially method in worker.py in Aptdaemon 0.40 in Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the sources_list argument, related to the D-Bus interface.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (30.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 30.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sebastian Heinlein Aptdaemon — versions 0.40
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.10, 11.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/46490 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0459 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65652 (vdb-entry)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1068-1 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/722228