Privilege Escalation via Crafted File in Ubuntu Upstart Package

CVE-2015-2285 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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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