CVE-2015-1324 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2015-1324?

CVE-2015-1324 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 25 Aug 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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 by leveraging incorrect handling of permissions when generating core dumps for setuid binaries.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1324?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1324?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2015-1324 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1324 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-frh2-w2hj-959j, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1324.