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High severity · published Jun 26, 2017
CVE-2015-3315
Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allows local users to read, change the ownership of, or have other unspecified impact on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1)…
7.8
CVSS
4.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allows local users to read, change the ownership of, or have other unspecified impact on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /var/tmp/abrt/*/maps, (2) /tmp/jvm-*/hs_error.log, (3) /proc/*/exe, (4) /etc/os-release in a chroot, or (5) an unspecified root directory related to librpm.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/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)4.8% · higher than 92% 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
Affected product
AB
Automatic Bug Reporting Tool
Redhat
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3315
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3315
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1083.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1210.html
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/4
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/16/12
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75117
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211835
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