Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-2285

Title: Ubuntu Vivid RCE

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2015-2285

CWE Category CWE-19

Published Date Mar 12, 2015

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.67%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-2285: The logrotation script (/etc/cron.daily/upstart) in the Ubuntu Upstart package before 1.13.2-0ubuntu9, as used in Ubuntu Vivid 15.04, allows local users to execute arbitrary commands and gain privileges via a crafted file in /run/user/*/upstart/sessions/.

Impacted Vendors

htc 1

ubuntu 2

Reference Links

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130587/Ubuntu-Vivid-Upstart-Privilege-Escalation.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/7 http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/UpstartLogrotationPrivilegeEscalation/ https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1425685 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130587/Ubuntu-Vivid-Upstart-Privilege-Escalation.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/7 http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/UpstartLogrotationPrivilegeEscalation/ https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1425685

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-2015-2285 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41765

View Code

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 12, 2015 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.