CVE-2015-1862

abrt: local privilege escalation through kernel.core_pattern

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.2

CVSS 2.0

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Published · April 14, 2015

Updated · August 27, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the way certain ABRT core handlers processed crash reports in a namespaced environment. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of abrt package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Additional information about this is available at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211223#c7

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWE not specified