VulnerabilityModified
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 environment.
HIGH 7.0EPSS 3.02%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.0
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.02% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- redhat/automatic bug reporting tool
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131422/Fedora-abrt-Race-Condition.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131423/Linux-Apport-Abrt-Local-Root-Exploit.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131429/Abrt-Apport-Race-Condition-Symlink.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/34Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/4Mailing List
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74263Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211223Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/pull/810Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36746/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36747/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131422/Fedora-abrt-Race-Condition.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131423/Linux-Apport-Abrt-Local-Root-Exploit.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131429/Abrt-Apport-Race-Condition-Symlink.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/34Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/4Mailing List
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74263Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211223Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/pull/810Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36746/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36747/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.