Vulnerability in Abrt_project Abrt
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.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
EPSS: 0.030 (86.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Abrt_project Abrt
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List)
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-1862?
- CVE-2015-1862 is a high-severity vulnerability in Abrt_project Abrt, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2018-02-09.
- How severe is CVE-2015-1862?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-1862 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.