CVE-2015-3142
abrt: abrt-hook-ccpp writes core dumps to existing files owned by others
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · April 17, 2015
Updated · May 13, 2026
Description
It was discovered that the kernel-invoked coredump processor provided by ABRT wrote core dumps to files owned by other system users. This could result in information disclosure if an application crashed while its current directory was a directory writable to by other users (such as /tmp).
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 1.2AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWE-538 · Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory