CVE-2015-1869

CVE Details

Release Date:	2015-04-17
Impact:	Important	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.2
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
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