{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "cve@mitre.org", "ID" : "CVE-2015-2285", "STATE" : "PUBLIC" }, "affects" : { "vendor" : { "vendor_data" : [ { "product" : { "product_data" : [ { "product_name" : "n/a", "version" : { "version_data" : [ { "version_value" : "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name" : "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format" : "MITRE", "data_type" : "CVE", "data_version" : "4.0", "description" : { "description_data" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "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/." } ] }, "problemtype" : { "problemtype_data" : [ { "description" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references" : { "reference_data" : [ { "name" : "20150302 upstart logrotate privilege escalation in Ubuntu Vivid (development)", "refsource" : "FULLDISC", "url" : "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/7" }, { "name" : "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130587/Ubuntu-Vivid-Upstart-Privilege-Escalation.html", "refsource" : "MISC", "url" : "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130587/Ubuntu-Vivid-Upstart-Privilege-Escalation.html" }, { "name" : "http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/UpstartLogrotationPrivilegeEscalation/", "refsource" : "MISC", "url" : "http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/UpstartLogrotationPrivilegeEscalation/" }, { "name" : "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1425685", "refsource" : "CONFIRM", "url" : "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1425685" } ] } }