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

7.4HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Ubuntu

Status
Apport
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 April 2019

What is CVE-2015-1341?

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.

Affected Version(s)

Apport < 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.13

Apport < 2.19.1-0ubuntu4

Apport < 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.7

References

https://launchpad.net/apport/trunk/2.19.2
x_refsource_MISC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/2782-1/
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.4
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Physical
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Gabriel Campana
.