CVE-2015-1338
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
02 Description
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
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
- 0.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 59.6% 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
- 2015-10-01 20:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:40Z2 YR 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
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 49dbac40650cd00f17f3caeb2c0b49cd0324ac2cea1138c349fedbf0d6f6e858
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2744-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2744-1
- launchpad.nethttps://launchpad.net/apport/trunk/2.19
- www.exploit-db.com38353https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38353/
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1492570
- www.halfdog.nethttp://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/ApportKernelCrashdumpFileAccessVulnerabilities/
- seclists.org20150927 Apport kernel_crashdump symlink vulnerability exploitationhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/101
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133723/Ubuntu-Apport-kernel_crashdump-Symlink.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- apport Fixed in 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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