CVE-2015-1862

The crash reporting feature in Abrt allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging an execve by root after a chroot into a user-specified directory in a namedspaced environment.

CVSS v3.0

7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

3.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 87th percentile

Published

2018-02-09

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131422/Fedora-abrt-Race-Condition.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131423/Linux-Apport-Abrt-Local-Root-Exploit.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131429/Abrt-Apport-Race-Condition-Symlink.html

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/abrt_raceabrt_priv_e…

ExploitDB entries (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36747
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36746

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2015-1855
• CVE-2015-1875
• CVE-2015-1835
• CVE-2015-1876
• CVE-2015-1833
• CVE-2015-1880