{"id":"CVE-2015-1862","title":"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.","summary":"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.","severity":"high","cvss":7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-362"],"vendor":"redhat","product":"automatic_bug_reporting_tool","affected":["automatic_bug_reporting_tool <= 2.2.0"],"published":"2018-02-09","updated":"2026-08-26","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1862","references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131422/Fedora-abrt-Race-Condition.html","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131423/Linux-Apport-Abrt-Local-Root-Exploit.html","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131429/Abrt-Apport-Race-Condition-Symlink.html","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/34","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/4","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74263","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211223","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/abrt/abrt/pull/810","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36746/","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36747/","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131422/Fedora-abrt-Race-Condition.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131423/Linux-Apport-Abrt-Local-Root-Exploit.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131429/Abrt-Apport-Race-Condition-Symlink.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/34","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/4","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74263","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211223","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/abrt/abrt/pull/810","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36746/","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36747/","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd","exploit-available"],"epss":0.0688,"epssPercentile":0.93844,"exploitAvailable":true,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-26T20:49:11.372Z","exploits":{"exploitdb":true,"checkedAt":"2026-09-21T15:23:36.795Z"},"slug":"CVE-2015-1862","body":"## Overview\n\nThe 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `automatic_bug_reporting_tool <= 2.2.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":52,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":38.5,"likelihood":1.4,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}