Privilege escalation in Abrt - CVE-2015-1862

 

Privilege escalation in Abrt - CVE-2015-1862

Published: March 13, 2018 / Updated: June 17, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10959
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1862
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vendor: ABRT
Affected software:
Abrt

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists in the namespaced environment due to improper handling of crash reports. A local attacker can cause a race condition and gain elevated privileges.

How to mitigate CVE-2015-1862

Install update from vendor's website.

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