Vulnerability CVE-2015-1318
Published: 2015-04-17

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).

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Apport/Abrt Local Root Exploit
Tavis Ormandy
14.04.2015
Med.
Apport / ABRT chroot Privilege Escalation
Brendan Coles
03.02.2018

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Apport project -> Apport 

 References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2569-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/apport/%2Bbug/1438758
https://launchpad.net/apport/trunk/2.17.1
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36782/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43971/
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