7.0highHigh
CVE-2015-1862
Redhat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool
The crash reporting feature in Abrt allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging an execve by root after a chroot into a user-specified directory in a namedspaced environment.
Exploitation status
- Published references include exploit or proof-of-concept material. There is no confirmation it is being used in real attacks.
- A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.
What the metrics mean
- It is requires local access to the machine.
- For an attacker who can reach it, exploitation depends on conditions outside the attacker's control.
- To exploit it, an ordinary user account is needed.
- Beyond that, no action by a user is required.
Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.0 (v3.0)
- Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Assigned by
- secalert@redhat.com
Dates
- Published
- 2018-02-09
- Last modified
- 2026-08-26
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Redhat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool- 2.2.0
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131422/Fedora-abrt-Race-Condition.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131423/Linux-Apport-Abrt-Local-Root-Exploit.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131429/Abrt-Apport-Race-Condition-Symlink.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/34
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74263
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211223
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/pull/810
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36746/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36747/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131422/Fedora-abrt-Race-Condition.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131423/Linux-Apport-Abrt-Local-Root-Exploit.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131429/Abrt-Apport-Race-Condition-Symlink.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/34
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/4