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CVE-2015-2285

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-2285 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the logrotation script of the Ubuntu Upstart package (before 1.13.2-0ubuntu9) affecting Ubuntu Vivid 15.04. An attacker can craft a malicious file in a specific directory to execute arbitrary commands, leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low attack complexity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.13.2-0ubuntu7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:upstart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:vivid:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41765 · Mar 12, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0101 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/130587/Ubuntu-Vivid-Upstart-Privilege-Escalation.html
Exploit
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1425685
ExploitVendor Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/7
Exploit
halfdog.net / Security/2015/UpstartLogrotationPrivilegeEscalation
Exploit