Medium severity · published Jan 14, 2020
CVE-2015-3147
daemon/abrt-handle-upload.in in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT), when moving problem reports from /var/spool/abrt-upload, allows local users to write to arbitrary files or…
6.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
daemon/abrt-handle-upload.in in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT), when moving problem reports from /var/spool/abrt-upload, allows local users to write to arbitrary files or possibly have other unspecified impact via a symlink attack on (1) /var/spool/abrt or (2) /var/tmp/abrt.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% 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
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.3; 7.4; 7.6; 7.7 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.1; 7.2; 7.3; 7.4; 7.5; 7.6; +1 more · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Redhat
7.3; 7.6; 7.7 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3147
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3147
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1083.html
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/17/5
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212953
Patch
https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3746b7627218438ae7d781fc8b18a221454e9091
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/abrt/abrt/pull/955
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