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CVE-2015-1338 json

kernel_crashdump in Apport before 2.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) or possibly gain privileges via a…

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-1478

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

kernel_crashdump in Apport before 2.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) or possibly gain privileges via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack on /var/crash/vmcore.log.

Patch / fix

  • apport Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1338

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • apport SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 0.114-12.8.3.1
  • apport-crashdb-sle SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 0.114-0.8.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:1938-1

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-38353)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-38353 Apport 2.19 (Ubuntu 15.04) - Local Privilege Escalation local, 2015-09-29
  • halfdog.net http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/ApportKernelCrashdumpFileAccessVulnerabilities/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133723/Ubuntu-Apport-kernel_crashdump-Symlink.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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