Low severity · published Dec 10, 2025
CVE-2025-5467
It was discovered that process_crash() in data/apport in Canonical's Apport crash reporting tool may create crash files with incorrect group ownership, possibly exposing crash…
3.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
It was discovered that process_crash() in data/apport in Canonical's Apport crash reporting tool may create crash files with incorrect group ownership, possibly exposing crash information beyond expected or intended groups.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AP
Apport · Canonical
2.20.1-0ubuntu1 before 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30; 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 before 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29; 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 before 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.28; 2.20.11-0ubuntu82 before 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.7; 2.28.1-0ubuntu1 before 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.6; 2.32.0-0ubuntu1 before 2.32.0-0ubuntu5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5467
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5467
Exploit
https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/2106338
Exploit
https://www.stratascale.com/resource/cve-2025-32462-ubuntu-apport-vulnerability/
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