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CVE-2015-1325

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-08-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Race condition in Apport before 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 15.04, before 2.14.70ubuntu8.5 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.10, before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and before 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 as packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS allow local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root privileges.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/21/10
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74769
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2609-1
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37088/
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/9
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/21/10
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74769
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2609-1
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37088/

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