# CVE-2015-1341: Apport privilege escalation through Python module imports

> A local attacker can escalate privileges by triggering a core dump of a Python process, causing Apport to import arbitrary modules from the system path.

- **Severity:** High 7.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 Apr 2019
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gm79-rmm9-x7g9, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1341, USN-2782-1

## What is CVE-2015-1341?

CVE-2015-1341 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 22 Apr 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Any Python module in sys.path can be imported if the command line of the process triggering the coredump is Python and the first argument is -m in Apport before 2.19.2 function _python_module_path.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1341?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Canonical Apport, Canonical Ubuntu Linux.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-1341?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2015-1341 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1341 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

- [CVE-2021-25682](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25682/): apport improperly parses /proc/pid/status (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-25683](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25683/): apport improperly parses /proc/pid/stat (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-25684](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25684/): apport can be stalled by reading a FIFO (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-3899](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3899/): Race condition in Apport (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-1242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1242/): Other in Apport (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-1341 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-1341 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 22 Apr 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1341 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Canonical Ubuntu Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1341/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1341/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1341
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1341
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-1341

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