CVE-2015-1862
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.0
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
3.0%
86.8th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-362
Published 2018-02-09 · modified 2026-08-26
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | H | High |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2018-02-09 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-26 — Last modified (NVD)
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.
Affected
References
- exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131422/Fedora-abrt-Race-Condition.html
- exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131423/Linux-Apport-Abrt-Local-Root-Exploit.html
- exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131429/Abrt-Apport-Race-Condition-Symlink.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/34
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74263
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211223
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/pull/810
- exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36746/
- exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36747/
- exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131422/Fedora-abrt-Race-Condition.html
- exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131423/Linux-Apport-Abrt-Local-Root-Exploit.html
- exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131429/Abrt-Apport-Race-Condition-Symlink.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/34
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74263
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211223
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/pull/810
- exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36746/
- exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36747/