CVE-2015-1869 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) affecting Red Hat products. The flaw allows local users to gain elevated privileges through a symlink attack on the var_log_messages file due to insecure default event handling scripts. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for local privilege escalation remains a significant concern.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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