abrt PYTHONPATH Environment Variable Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
BID:57661
Info
abrt PYTHONPATH Environment Variable Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 57661 |
| Class: | Unknown |
| CVE: |
CVE-2012-5659 |
| Remote: | No |
| Local: | Yes |
| Published: | Jan 31 2013 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Jan 31 2013 12:00AM |
| Credit: | Miloslav Trmac of Red Hat |
| Vulnerable: |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 CentOS CentOS 6 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
abrt PYTHONPATH Environment Variable Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
abrt is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.
Local attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary python code with the privileges of the abrt user on affected computers.
abrt is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.
Local attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary python code with the privileges of the abrt user on affected computers.
Exploit / POC
Solution / Fix
abrt PYTHONPATH Environment Variable Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.
Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.
References
abrt PYTHONPATH Environment Variable Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
References:
References:
- abrt Homepage (abrt)