CVE-2015-2285 in Upstart

Summary

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/.

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• Reservation: 03/12/2015
• Disclosure: 03/12/2015
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-19 (Confirmed)
• Exploit: Download
• CVSS: 8.4
• EPSS: 0.00667
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2285
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2285
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2015-2285/