Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-1338

Title: Apport Project Apport Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2015-1338

CWE Category CWE-59
Published Date Oct 01, 2015
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.91%

Vulnerability Summary

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 /var/crash/vmcore.log.

Impacted Vendors

A
apport_project 1
A
apport 1

Reference Links

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133723/Ubuntu-Apport-kernel_crashdump-Symlink.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/101 http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/ApportKernelCrashdumpFileAccessVulnerabilities/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2744-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1492570 https://launchpad.net/apport/trunk/2.19 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38353/ http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133723/Ubuntu-Apport-kernel_crashdump-Symlink.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/101 http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/ApportKernelCrashdumpFileAccessVulnerabilities/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2744-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1492570 https://launchpad.net/apport/trunk/2.19 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38353/
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-1338 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38353
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.