CVE-2020-11936 [Low] | Privilege Escalation in Apport

CVE-2020-11936 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.16%	0.33%	+0.16%
2	2026-03-11	0.05%	0.16%	+0.11%
3	2025-10-06	—	0.05%	—

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Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

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2026-06-15

0.16%

0.33%

+0.16%

2026-03-11

0.05%

0.16%

+0.11%

2025-10-06

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0.05%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
3.1	3.1	LOW	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:H) Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:L) Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	1.6	1.4	[email protected]

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Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

3.1

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H): Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L): Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

1.6

1.4

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-11936

vendor	priority	summary	link
`suse`	low	—	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11936/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2020-11936 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (apport), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 4, ignored 1, needs-triage 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11936

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-11936

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu1	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu1:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.2	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.2:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.7	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.7:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.8	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.8:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.9	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.9:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.14	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.14:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.16	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.16:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.17	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.17:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.22	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.22:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.23	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.1-0ubuntu2.23:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu1	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu1:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu2	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu2:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu3	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu3:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu4	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu4:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu5	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu5:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu6	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu6:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu7	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu7:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu7.10	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu7.10:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu7.11	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu7.11:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu7.12	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu7.12:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu7.13	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu7.13:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu7.14	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu7.14:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.9-0ubuntu7.15	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.9-0ubuntu7.15:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu8	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu8:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu9	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu9:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu10	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu10:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu11	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu11:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu12	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu12:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu13	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu13:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu14	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu14:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu15	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu15:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu16	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu16:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu17	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu17:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu18	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu18:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu19	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu19:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu20	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu20:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu21	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu21:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu22	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu22:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu23	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu23:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu24	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu24:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu25	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu25:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu26	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu26:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu27	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu27:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu27.5	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu27.5:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu27.7	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu27.7:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu27.8	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu27.8:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu27.10	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu27.10:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu27.11	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu27.11:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu27.12	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu27.12:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu27.13	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu27.13:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu27.14	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu27.14:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu27.17	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu27.17:::::::*
canonical	apport	2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18:::::::*

References for CVE-2020-11936

URL	Tags
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1885633	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11936	Third Party Advisory

URL

CVE-2020-11936

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2020-11936

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-11936

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-11936

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-11936

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-11936

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-11936

References for CVE-2020-11936