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TI-2015-01672 Aliases CVE-2015-1862GHSA-vwwv-5cgp-6jw3

The crash reporting feature in Abrt allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging…

Priority LOW 36CWE-362Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03048 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 5 exploit referencesTagged by NVD and the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.2.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.2.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Storage 3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-1862
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vwwv-5cgp-6jw3

References

Exploit 5

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2015-04443 The abrt-hook-ccpp help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before 2.7.1… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2015-02930 Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allows local users to read, change the ownership of… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2011-03606 ABRT might allow attackers to obtain sensitive information from crash reports. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-39133 Abrt: event handler scripts follow symlinks when writing output files, allowing arbitrary file overwrites CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2015-02784 Path traversal in ABRT CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2015-02791 The abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache help program in Automatic Bug Reporting… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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