CVE-2020-15702
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.005 · 42 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
TOCTOU Race Condition vulnerability in apport allows a local attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code. An attacker may exit the crashed process and exploit PID recycling to spawn a root process with the same PID as the crashed process, which can then be used to escalate privileges. Fixed in 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24, 2.20.9 versions prior to 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16 and 2.20.11 versions prior to 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6. Was ZDI-CAN-11234.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.4–7
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/49131cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15702cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158760/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4449-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159050/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4449-2.htmlcnnvd
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4449-1Patchcnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4449-1/cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4449-2/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Apport-privilege-escalation-via-Check-Bypass-33001cnnvd
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