CVE-2015-1324

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.8) in canonical ubuntu linux. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 30% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-264
Published: 2017-08-25
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

canonical:ubuntu_linux

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74767
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2609-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1452239
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74767
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2609-1

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