CVE-2020-15702

7.0 HIGH
Published: August 06, 2020 Modified: November 03, 2025

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4449-1
Source: security@ubuntu.com
Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4449-1/
Source: security@ubuntu.com
Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4449-2/
Source: security@ubuntu.com
Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-979/
Source: security@ubuntu.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/9
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4449-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4449-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4449-2/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-979/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

9 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.0 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
13th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

canonical