CVE-2015-1862 Race condition in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges via a race condition in Abrt's crash reporting feature when running in a namespaced environment.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-1862?
CVE-2015-1862 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Feb 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1862?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool.
How do I fix CVE-2015-1862?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-1862 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2015-1862 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2015-1862 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vwwv-5cgp-6jw3.