PT-2020-7815 · Abrt+2 · Abrt+2

Florian Weimer · Published 2015-06-09 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2015-1869

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: ABRT (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue concerns the default event handling scripts in ABRT, which allow local users to gain privileges. This can be achieved through a symlink attack on a var log messages file.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CESA-2015_1083

CVE-2015-1869

RHSA-2015:1083

RHSA-2015:1210

RHSA-2015_1083

RHSA-2015_1210

Affected Products

Abrt

Centos

Red Hat

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/abrt_raceabrt_priv_esc.rb · Exploit
• https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3287aa12eb205cff95cdd00d6d6c5c9a4f8f0eca · Patch
• https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/7417505e1d93cc95ec648b74e3c801bc67aacb9f · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1869 · Security Note
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-1210.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-1083.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/17/5 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212861 · Note