High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Feb 9, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-1862
CVE-2015-1862
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.
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Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- github.com/abrt/abrt/pull/810nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/131422/Fedora-abrt-Race-Condition.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/131423/Linux-Apport-Abrt-Local-Root-Exploit.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/131429/Abrt-Apport-Race-Condition-Symlink.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36746/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36747/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/34nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/74263nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/4nvdMailing List
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