CVE-2015-1869

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-1869
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-14 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:47:00 UTC
DescriptionThe default event handling scripts in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allow local users to gain privileges as demonstrated by a symlink attack on a var_log_messages file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool - All All All
Application Redhat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1212861 – CVE-2015-1869 abrt: default event scripts follow symbolic links MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com | CVE-2015-1869 MISC access.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: Problems in automatic crash analysis frameworks MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
daemon, dbus: allow only root to create CCpp, Koops, vmcore and xorg · abrt/abrt@7417505 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
daemon: allow only root user to trigger the post-create · abrt/abrt@3287aa1 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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