CVE-2015-1869

abrt: default event scripts follow symbolic links

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

7.2

CVSS 2.0

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Published · April 17, 2015

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

It was discovered that the default event handling scripts installed by ABRT did not handle symbolic links correctly. A local attacker with write access to an ABRT problem directory could use this flaw to escalate their privileges.

CVSS score applicability

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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-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')