CVE-2015-1318
Apport Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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).
INFO
Published Date :
April 17, 2015, 5:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update the affected packages.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2015-1318 has a 2 public
PoC/Exploit available at Github.
Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2015-1318.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-1318 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-1318
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2015-1318 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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seclists.org
Local information disclosure in apport and systemd-coredump
Full Disclosure mailing list archives From: Qualys Security Advisory via Fulldisclosure <fulldisclosure () seclists org> Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 17:26:22 +0000 Qualys Security Advisory Local informatio ... Read more
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2015-1318 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/120803 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2569-1 Added Reference https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/apport/%2Bbug/1438758 Added Reference https://launchpad.net/apport/trunk/2.17.1 Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36782/ Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43971/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 08, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43971/ [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 23, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36782/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36782/ Exploit -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 12, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/120803 Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36782/ -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 20, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.14.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.14.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.14.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Changed Reference Type https://launchpad.net/apport/trunk/2.17.1 No Types Assigned https://launchpad.net/apport/trunk/2.17.1 Patch Added CWE CWE-264 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 20, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.2
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
19.07 }} -7.63%
score
0.95048
percentile