CVE-2015-2285 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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/.

Published: 2015-03-12

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:upstart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:vivid:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-2383	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/.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00667.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130587/Ubuntu-Vivid-Upstart-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/7
http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/UpstartLogrotationPrivilegeEscalation/
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1425685

History

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Subscriptions

Ubuntu Upstart Vivid

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-03-12T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:33:48.041Z

Reserved: 2015-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-2285

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-03-12T14:59:07.027

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-2285

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-19

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