CVE-2015-1322

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-04-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Ubuntu network-manager package for Ubuntu (vivid) before 0.9.10.0-4ubuntu15.1, Ubuntu 14.10 before 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu28.1, and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS before 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7.1 allows local users to change the modem device configuration or read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file name in a request to read modem device contexts (com.canonical.NMOfono.ReadImsiContexts).

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 14.10, 15.1
Ubuntu Network-Manager: through 0.9.8.7

References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2581-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/network-manager/%2Bbug/1449245
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2581-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/network-manager/%2Bbug/1449245

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