CVE-2015-1318

Exp

The crash reporting feature in Apport 2.13 through 2.17.x before 2.17.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted usr/share/apport/apport file in a namespace (container).

Published: 2015-04-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-1318 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.08%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-1318

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
43971 exploit_db edb 2018-02-05 Exploit-DB ↗
36782 exploit_db edb 2015-04-17 Exploit-DB ↗
36746 exploit_db edb 2015-04-14 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1318

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 19.07% 4.08% -14.99%
2 2025-10-25 26.70% 19.07% -7.63%
3 2025-06-08 — 26.70% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1318

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1318

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-1318

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu high CVE-2015-1318 high priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (apport), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): not-affected 2, released 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1318

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1318

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apport_project apport 2.13 cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apport_project apport 2.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apport_project apport 2.13.2 cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apport_project apport 2.13.3 cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apport_project apport 2.14 cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apport_project apport 2.14.1 cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apport_project apport 2.14.2 cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apport_project apport 2.14.3 cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apport_project apport 2.14.4 cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apport_project apport 2.14.5 cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.14.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apport_project apport 2.14.6 cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.14.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apport_project apport 2.14.7 cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.14.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apport_project apport 2.15 cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apport_project apport 2.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apport_project apport 2.16 cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apport_project apport 2.16.1 cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apport_project apport 2.16.2 cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apport_project apport 2.17 cpe:2.3:a:apport_project:apport:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1318

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