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CVE-2020-15702: canonical apport

CVSS: 7.0v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-15702
Published 06-08-2020Last modified 03-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-15702 is a high (CVSS 7.0) vulnerability in canonical apport. EPSS estimates a 0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.0/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.50%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
USN-4449-1USN-4449-2

Timeline

  1. 06-08-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.50%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

41%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.50% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.50%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Canonical2 products
  • apport≥ 2.20.1, < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24 | ≥ 2.20.9, < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16 | ≥ 2.20.11, < 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu8 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu9 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu10 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu11 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu12 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu13 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu14 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu15 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu16 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu17 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu18 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu19 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu20 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu21 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu22 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu23 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu24 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu25 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu26 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4 | 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.5 | 2.20.7-0ubuntu3 | 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1 | 2.20.7-0ubuntu4 | 2.20.8-0ubuntu1 | 2.20.8-0ubuntu2 | 2.20.8-0ubuntu3 | 2.20.8-0ubuntu4 | 2.20.8-0ubuntu5 | 2.20.8-0ubuntu6 | 2.20.8-0ubuntu7 | 2.20.8-0ubuntu8 | 2.20.8-0ubuntu9 | 2.20.8-0ubuntu10 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu1 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu2 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu3 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu4 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu5 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu6 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.1 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.8 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.10 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.11 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.12 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.13 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.14 | 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.15 | 2.19.1-0ubuntu3 | 2.19.2-0ubuntu1 | 2.19.2-0ubuntu2 | 2.19.2-0ubuntu3 | 2.19.2-0ubuntu4 | 2.19.2-0ubuntu5 | 2.19.2-0ubuntu6 | 2.19.2-0ubuntu7 | 2.19.2-0ubuntu8 | 2.19.2-0ubuntu9 | 2.19.3-0ubuntu1 | 2.19.3-0ubuntu2 | 2.19.3-0ubuntu3 | 2.19.4-0ubuntu1 | 2.19.4-0ubuntu2 | 2.20-0ubuntu1 | 2.20-0ubuntu2 | 2.20-0ubuntu3 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.2 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.7 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.8 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.9 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.14 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.16 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.17 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.20 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.22 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.23
  • ubuntu_linuxEOL14.04
Ubuntu1 product
  • apport< 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm5 | < 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.24 | < 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16 | < 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6

2 vendors · 3 products

References

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