Information disclosure in Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool
CVE-2015-1870
The event scripts in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) uses world-readable permission on a copy of sosreport file in problem directories, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from /var/log/messages via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (34.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1083.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/75119 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/7d023c32a565e83306cddf34c894477b7aaf33d1 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1210.html (vendor-advisory)
- github.com/abrt/libreport/commit/c962918bc70a61a8cc647898ee8b1ff1c14a87c5 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/8939398b82006ba1fec4ed491339fc075f43fc7c (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-1870?
- CVE-2015-1870 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-06-26.
- How severe is CVE-2015-1870?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-1870 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.