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CVE-2015-1870

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-1870 describes a local information disclosure vulnerability in the Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) for Red Hat products. The vulnerability arises from event scripts setting world-readable permissions on copies of sosreport files within problem directories, allowing local users to access sensitive information from /var/log/messages. With a CVSS v3.0 score of 5.5 (Medium), this flaw has a low attack complexity and requires local access, impacting confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting low current attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.1.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: abrt-0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libreport-0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: abrt-0:2.1.11-22.el7_1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libreport-0:2.1.11-23.ael7b_1
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-1870Low

abrt: default abrt event scripts lead to information disclosure

Apr 17, 2015

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1083.html
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1210.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
github.com / abrt/abrt/commit/7d023c32a565e83306cddf34c894477b7aaf33d1
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / abrt/abrt/commit/8939398b82006ba1fec4ed491339fc075f43fc7c
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / abrt/libreport/commit/c962918bc70a61a8cc647898ee8b1ff1c14a87c5
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/75119
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry