{
    "id": "CVE-2016-9949",
    "published": "2016-12-17 03:59:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:56:49",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-94",
    "description": "An issue was discovered in Apport before 2.20.4. In apport/ui.py, Apport reads the CrashDB field and it then evaluates the field as Python code if it begins with a \"{\". This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code.",
    "epss_score": "0.17726",
    "epss_percentile": "0.97071",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-30 18:17:16",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "apport_project",
            "product": "apport"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "canonical",
            "product": "ubuntu_linux"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "40937",
            "title": "Apport 2.x (Ubuntu Desktop 12.10 < 16.04) - Local Code Execution",
            "date": "2016-12-14",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95011",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3157-1",
        "https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806",
        "https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/",
        "https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937/",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95011",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3157-1",
        "https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1648806",
        "https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/",
        "https://github.com/DonnchaC/ubuntu-apport-exploitation",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40937/"
    ]
}