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CVE-2015-2285

Date: October 3, 2022

The logrotation script (/etc/cron.daily/upstart) in the Ubuntu Upstart package before 1.13.2-0ubuntu9, as used in Ubuntu Vivid 15.04, allows local users to execute arbitrary commands and gain privileges via a crafted file in /run/user/*/upstart/sessions/.

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130587/Ubuntu-Vivid-Upstart-Privilege-Escalation.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-2285
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1425685
http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/UpstartLogrotationPrivilegeEscalation/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/7
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2285
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-2285

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Data Handling

CWE-19

CVSS v3

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV):
Attack Complexity (AC):
Privileges Required (PR):
User Interaction (UI):
Scope (S):
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV):
Access Complexity (AC):
Authentication (AU):
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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