CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Abrt (the affected version is unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Crash Reporting. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
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.
The bug was discovered 04/15/2015. The weakness was shared 02/09/2018 by Tavis Ormandy as EDB-ID 36746 as confirmed exploit (Exploit-DB). The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-1862 since 02/17/2015. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed by Tavis Ormandy and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1032 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (36747) and SecurityFocus (BID 74263†).
Product
Name
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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NVD Base Score: 7.0
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Exploiting
Class: Race conditionCWE: CWE-362
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Tavis Ormandy
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Patch: github.com
Timeline
02/17/2015 🔍04/14/2015 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: EDB-ID 36746Researcher: Tavis Ormandy
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-1862 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 74263 - Abrt CVE-2015-1862 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 02/10/2018 09:00 AMUpdated: 06/09/2024 05:18 AM
Changes: 02/10/2018 09:00 AM (70), 01/03/2020 11:32 AM (1), 02/06/2023 09:18 AM (4), 06/09/2024 05:18 AM (14)
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