CVE-2015-1869

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-04-17

Description

It was discovered that the default event handling scripts installed by ABRT did not handle symbolic links correctly. A local attacker with write access to an ABRT problem directory could use this flaw to escalate their privileges.

See more information about CVE-2015-1869 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.2	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (abrt)	ELSA-2015-1210	2015-07-07
Oracle Linux version 6 (libreport)	ELSA-2015-1210	2015-07-07
Oracle Linux version 7 (abrt)	ELSA-2015-1083	2015-06-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (libreport)	ELSA-2015-1083	2015-06-09

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