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Status published
High
CVE-2015-1862
The crash reporting feature in Abrt allows local users to...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211223
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/4
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131422/Fedora-abrt-Race-Condition.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36746/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131429/Abrt-Apport-Race-Condition-Symlink.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74263
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36747/
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/pull/810
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131423/Linux-Apport-Abrt-Local-Root-Exploit.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/34
Affected Vendor
abrt project
View all reports →Affected Software
abrt
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 9th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.