Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Permission /var/log/messages information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /var/log/messages of the component Permission. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-1870. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (Reporting Software) (the affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file /var/log/messages of the component Permission. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The event scripts in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) uses world-readable permission on a copy of sosreport file in problem directories, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from /var/log/messages via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 04/17/2015. The weakness was disclosed 06/26/2017 by Florian Weimer with Red Hat (Website). The advisory is shared for download at rhn.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-1870 since 02/17/2015. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 59 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84197 (CentOS 7 : abrt (CESA-2015:1083)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155249 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for abrt (ELSA-2015-1210)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (84197) and SecurityFocus (BID 75119†). The entries VDB-102813, VDB-102815, VDB-102830 and VDB-102831 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 84197
Nessus Name: CentOS 7 : abrt (CESA-2015:1083)
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OpenVAS ID: 80056
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Linux Local Check: ELSA-2015-1210
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

02/17/2015 🔍
04/17/2015 +59 days 🔍
06/09/2015 +53 days 🔍
06/15/2015 +6 days 🔍
06/16/2015 +1 days 🔍
06/26/2017 +741 days 🔍
06/26/2017 +0 days 🔍
06/27/2017 +1 days 🔍
12/09/2022 +1991 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2015:1083
Researcher: Florian Weimer
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-1870 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1870
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-102812
SecurityFocus: 75119 - Abrt CVE-2015-1870 Multiple Local Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2017 02:49
Updated: 12/09/2022 08:25
Changes: 06/27/2017 02:49 (73), 10/20/2019 15:30 (7), 12/09/2022 08:19 (5), 12/09/2022 08:22 (1), 12/09/2022 08:25 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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