PT-2015-6834 · Red Hat+1 · Abrt+2

Rebel · Published 2015-11-23 · Updated 2016-12-07 · CVE-2015-5287

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ABRT versions prior to 2.7.1

Description The issue allows local users with certain permissions to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file with a predictable name. This can be demonstrated by files such as /var/tmp/abrt/abrt-hax-coredump or /var/spool/abrt/abrt-hax-coredump.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.7.1, update to version 2.7.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CESA-2015_2505

CVE-2015-5287

RHSA-2015:2505

RHSA-2015_2505

Affected Products

Abrt

Centos

Red Hat

References · 13

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/abrt_sosreport_priv_esc.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/47421 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/38835 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/38832 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1 · Exploit
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5287 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-2505.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/78137 · Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html · Note
• http://oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html · Note