CVE-2015-1338: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

kernelcrashdump in Apport before 2.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service disk consumption or possibly gain privileges via a 1 symlink or 2 hard link attack on /var/crash/vmcore.log...

Ubuntu Apport - Local Privilege Escalation Exploit

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits Source: http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/ApportKernelCrashdumpFileAccessVulnerabilities/ Problem description: On Ubuntu Vivid Linux distribution apport is used for automated sending of client program crash dumps but also of kernel crash...