CVE-2015-1862

HIGH

Abrt < 2.2.0 - Race Condition

Title source: rule

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.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Tavis Ormandy · clocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36746
exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Tavis Ormandy · clocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36747

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0469
EPSS Percentile 89.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-362
Status published

Affected Products (1)

abrt_project/abrt < 2.2.0

Timeline

Published Feb 09, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026