Medium severity · published Jun 26, 2017
CVE-2015-1870
The event scripts in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) uses world-readable permission on a copy of sosreport file in problem directories, which allows local users to obtain…
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The event scripts in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) uses world-readable permission on a copy of sosreport file in problem directories, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from /var/log/messages via unspecified vectors.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 36% 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 2.1.11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1870
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1870
Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1083.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1210.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75119
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212868
Patch
https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/7d023c32a565e83306cddf34c894477b7aaf33d1
Patch
https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/8939398b82006ba1fec4ed491339fc075f43fc7c
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