CVE-2015-1318

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-04-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

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).

Affected products

Apport: 2.13, 2.13.1, 2.13.2, 2.13.3, 2.14, 2.14.1 (+12)

References

http://www.osvdb.org/120803
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/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/9
http://www.osvdb.org/120803
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/

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