High severity · published Jan 14, 2020
CVE-2015-1869
The default event handling scripts in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allow local users to gain privileges as demonstrated by a symlink attack on a var_log_messages file
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The default event handling scripts in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allow local users to gain privileges as demonstrated by a symlink attack on a var_log_messages file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% 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
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1869
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1869
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/17/5
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212861
Patch
https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3287aa12eb205cff95cdd00d6d6c5c9a4f8f0eca
Patch
https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/7417505e1d93cc95ec648b74e3c801bc67aacb9f
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