CVE-2015-1869 (GCVE-0-2015-1869)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-14 17:31 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:54
VLAI
Summary
The default event handling scripts in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allow local users to gain privileges as demonstrated by a symlink attack on a var_log_messages file.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Symbolic Link Following
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1045 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ABRT ABRT Affected: before 7417505e1d93cc95ec648b74e3c801bc67aacb9f
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Date Public
2015-04-17 00:00
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