CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-2285
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-03-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-19
Description
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/.
Affected configurations
• ubuntu upstart (<= 1.13.2-0ubuntu7)
• ubuntu vivid 15.04
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130587/Ubuntu-Vivid-Upstart-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/7 Exploit
- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/UpstartLogrotationPrivilegeEscalation/ Exploit
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1425685 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130587/Ubuntu-Vivid-Upstart-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/7 Exploit
- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/UpstartLogrotationPrivilegeEscalation/ Exploit
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1425685 Exploit, Vendor Advisory