CVE-2015-1325 Race condition in n/a

High 7.0 Published Updated

Local attackers can exploit a race condition in Apport to write arbitrary files and gain root privileges on Ubuntu systems.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-1325?

CVE-2015-1325 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

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.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1325?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1325?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2015-1325 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1325 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jwpx-wh9c-729p, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1325.

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