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FKIE_CVE-2015-1869

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-01-14 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:23
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The 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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/17/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212861Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3287aa12eb205cff95cdd00d6d6c5c9a4f8f0ecaPatch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/7417505e1d93cc95ec648b74e3c801bc67aacb9fPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/17/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212861Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3287aa12eb205cff95cdd00d6d6c5c9a4f8f0ecaPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/7417505e1d93cc95ec648b74e3c801bc67aacb9fPatch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool -
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          "product": "ABRT",
          "vendor": "ABRT",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "before 7417505e1d93cc95ec648b74e3c801bc67aacb9f"
            }
          ]
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      ],
      "source": "secalert@redhat.com"
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    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Los scripts de manejo de eventos predeterminados en Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT), permiten a usuarios locales alcanzar privilegios como es demostrado por un ataque de enlace simb\u00f3lico en un archivo de var_log_messages."
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  "id": "CVE-2015-1869",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:23:08.853",
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        "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
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