CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-1869
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-01-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
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.
Affected configurations
• redhat automatic bug reporting tool
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/17/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212861 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3287aa12eb205cff95cdd00d6d6c5c9a4f8f0eca Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/7417505e1d93cc95ec648b74e3c801bc67aacb9f Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/17/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212861 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3287aa12eb205cff95cdd00d6d6c5c9a4f8f0eca Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/7417505e1d93cc95ec648b74e3c801bc67aacb9f Patch, Third Party Advisory