CVE-2015-1338 describes a local privilege escalation and denial-of-service vulnerability in Apport versions prior to 2.19, affecting Ubuntu and Canonical Apport products. Attackers can exploit a symlink or hard link vulnerability on /var/crash/vmcore.log to consume disk space or potentially gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its local attack vector and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit for local privilege escalation on Ubuntu 15.04 is available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.18.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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