CVE-2015-1338
23Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendepss 0.9%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDOct 1
1st PoCSep 29
exploitation probability
0.9%top 44% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
3 public exploit(s)
kernel_crashdump in Apport before 2.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) or possibly gain privileges via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack on /var/crash/vmcore.log.
Affected products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 3
exploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/38353unverifiedcve_referencepacketstormsecurity.com/files/133723/Ubuntu-Apport-kernel_crashdump-Symlink.htmlunverifiedcve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/38353/unverified⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133723/Ubuntu-Apport-kernel_crashdump-Symlink.htmlhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1492570http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/101https://launchpad.net/apport/trunk/2.19https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38353/http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/ApportKernelCrashdumpFileAccessVulnerabilities/http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2744-1