CVE-2015-1318
The crash reporting feature in Apport 2.13 through 2.17.x before 2.17.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted usr/share/apport/apport file in a namespace (container).
02 Description
The crash reporting feature in Apport 2.13 through 2.17.x before 2.17.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted usr/share/apport/apport file in a namespace (container).
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-04-17 17:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-03 19:25Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-22
- Assigning CNA
- canonical
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- f58743efd8b0ee234724d791e4e542b1dc77d5691ddca17912e57b435a1a1c6e
05 Affected products
06 References
- launchpad.nethttps://launchpad.net/apport/trunk/2.17.1
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/apport/%2Bbug/1438758
- www.osvdb.org120803http://www.osvdb.org/120803
- www.exploit-db.com36782https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36782/
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2569-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2569-1
- www.exploit-db.com43971https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43971/
- seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/9
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- apport Fixed in 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.9
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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