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CVE-2015-1341
Apport privilege escalation through Python module imports
High7.4EPSS 0.43%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- canonical
Description
Any Python module in sys.path can be imported if the command line of the process triggering the coredump is Python and the first argument is -m in Apport before 2.19.2 function _python_module_path.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonicalCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 63% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.
Weakness
- Parsing a Python module by executing the module.
- CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (2)
- https://launchpad.net/apport/trunk/2.19.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/2782-1/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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