Apport access control

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A vulnerability was found in Apport (the affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

apport before 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 as packaged in Ubuntu 15.04, before 2.14.70ubuntu8.5 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.10, before 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 as packaged in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, or before 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9 as packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS allows local users to write to arbitrary files and gain root privileges.

The bug was discovered 05/12/2015. The weakness was presented 08/25/2017 by Sander Bos (Website). The advisory is available at ubuntu.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-1324 since 01/22/2015. Local access is required to approach this attack. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 83777 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 / 15.04 : apport vulnerabilities (USN-2609-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196112 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Apport Vulnerabilities (USN-2609-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (83777). See 105739 for similar entry.

Productinfo

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Apport

License

free

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 83777
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 / 15.04 : apport vulnerabilities (USN-2609-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 841810
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for apport USN-2609-1
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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/22/2015 🔍
05/12/2015 +110 days 🔍
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08/25/2017 +826 days 🔍
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12/16/2022 +1937 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-2609-1
Researcher: Sander Bos
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-1324 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 74767 - Apport CVE-2015-1324 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/27/2017 06:44
Updated: 12/16/2022 15:58
Changes: 08/27/2017 06:44 (69), 11/10/2019 11:04 (8), 12/16/2022 15:58 (4)
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