CVE-2020-15702 is a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability in Canonical Apport, affecting Ubuntu Linux. A local attacker with low privileges can exploit this by manipulating process IDs (PIDs) during a crash, potentially escalating privileges to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 7.0 (High), this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion beyond a single Reddit mention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.20.11-0ubuntu8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.20.11-0ubuntu9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.20.11-0ubuntu10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.20.11-0ubuntu11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.20.11-0ubuntu12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:2.20.11-0ubuntu12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.