CVE-2015-1862

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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.

Published: 2018-02-09 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-1862 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.14%). 7 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-1862

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36746 exploit_db edb 2015-04-14 Exploit-DB ↗
36747 exploit_db edb 2015-04-14 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1862

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 5.41% 3.14% -2.26%
2 2026-05-02 4.69% 5.41% +0.72%
3 2026-03-07 — 4.69% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1862

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.0 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.0 5.9 [email protected]
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1862

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-1862

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1862

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1862

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
abrt_project abrt <= 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:abrt_project:abrt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1862

URL Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131422/Fedora-abrt-Race-Condition.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131423/Linux-Apport-Abrt-Local-Root-Exploit.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131429/Abrt-Apport-Race-Condition-Symlink.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/34 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/4 Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74263 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211223 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/abrt/abrt/pull/810 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36746/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36747/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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