Information disclosure in Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool
CVE-2015-3142
The kernel-invoked coredump processor in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) does not properly check the ownership of files before writing core dumps to them, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging write permissions to the working directory of a crashed application.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (25.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1083.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/17/5 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/75116 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1210.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-3142?
- CVE-2015-3142 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-06-26.
- How severe is CVE-2015-3142?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.