CVE-2015-1338

high

Published 2015-10-01 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.2

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 /var/crash/vmcore.log.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-38353 local linux

halfdog · 2015-09-29

Apport 2.19 (Ubuntu 15.04) - Local Privilege Escalation

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

Ubuntu Affected 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
15.04	Affected	—
14.04	Affected	—
12.04	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
apport_project	apport	`{"endIncluding":"2.18.1"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-59

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.