abrt Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:57662

Info

abrt Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 57662
Class: Race Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2012-5660
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 31 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 31 2013 12:00AM
Credit: Martin Carpenter of Citco
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 Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

abrt is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue by conducting a symlink attack.

A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges.

Exploit / POC

abrt Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

An attacker uses readily available commands to exploit the issue.

Solution / Fix

abrt Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Vendor updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

References

abrt Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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