CVE-2015-1862

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

7.0
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.06% Top 15%
Third-Party Advisory packetstormsecurity.com Third-Party Advisory packetstormsecurity.com Third-Party Advisory packetstormsecurity.com Third-Party Advisory seclists.org Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com Third-Party Advisory redhat.com Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory exploit-db.com Third-Party Advisory exploit-db.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211223 issue tracking third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/4 mailing list
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131422/Fedora-abrt-Race-Condition.html exploit vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36746/ exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131429/Abrt-Apport-Race-Condition-Symlink.html exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74263 vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36747/ exploit vdb entry third party advisory
https://github.com/abrt/abrt/pull/810 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131423/Linux-Apport-Abrt-Local-Root-Exploit.html exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/34 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-1862?
CVE-2015-1862 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-1862?
To fix CVE-2015-1862, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-1862 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-1862 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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