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CVE-2015-3150

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3150 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the abrt-dbus component of Red Hat's Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT). An authenticated local attacker can exploit this flaw by manipulating the problem directory argument in specific methods (ChownProblemDir, DeleteElement, DeleteProblem) to delete or change the ownership of arbitrary files on the system. With a CVSS score of 7.1 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high impact on confidentiality and integrity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 16,985 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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.el7_1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-3150Important

abrt: abrt-dbus does not guard against crafted problem directory path arguments

Apr 22, 2015

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / abrt/abrt/commit/6e811d78e2719988ae291181f5b133af32ce62d8
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / abrt/abrt/commit/7814554e0827ece778ca88fd90832bd4d05520b1
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / abrt/abrt/commit/b7f8bd20b7fb5b72f003ae3fa647c1d75f4218b7
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / abrt/libreport/commit/1951e7282043dfe1268d492aea056b554baedb75
PatchThird Party Advisory