CVE-2015-1869

high

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.

References

https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/7417505e1d93cc95ec648b74e3c801bc67aacb9f

https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3287aa12eb205cff95cdd00d6d6c5c9a4f8f0eca

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212861

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/17/5

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-01-14

Updated: 2023-02-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H