High severity · published Feb 9, 2018
CVE-2015-1862
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…
7.0
CVSS
3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.0% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AB
Automatic Bug Reporting Tool · Redhat
through 2.2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1862
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1862
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131422/Fedora-abrt-Race-Condition.html
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131423/Linux-Apport-Abrt-Local-Root-Exploit.html
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131429/Abrt-Apport-Race-Condition-Symlink.html
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/34
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/4
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74263
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