CVE-2015-1869

CVE-2015-1869

EPSS 0.4%

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.

Affected products

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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212861 https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3287aa12eb205cff95cdd00d6d6c5c9a4f8f0eca https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/7417505e1d93cc95ec648b74e3c801bc67aacb9f http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/17/5