CVE-2015-2285

Exp

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 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-2285 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.01%). 5 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-2015-2285

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
41765 exploit_db edb 2015-03-12 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-2285

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 0.74% 1.01% +0.27%
2 2025-05-02 1.30% 0.74% -0.55%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.30% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-2285

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-2015-2285

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-2285

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-2285 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (upstart), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): not-affected 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2285

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-2285

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ubuntu upstart <= 1.13.2-0ubuntu7 cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:upstart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ubuntu vivid 15.04 cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:vivid:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-2285

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