# CVE-2015-1870: The event scripts in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) uses world-readable permission on a copy of sosreport file in problem directories,

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-06-26 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The event scripts in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) uses world-readable permission on a copy of sosreport file in problem directories, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from /var/log/messages via unspecified vectors.

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## References

- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1083.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75119
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/7d023c32a565e83306cddf34c894477b7aaf33d1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1210.html
- https://github.com/abrt/libreport/commit/c962918bc70a61a8cc647898ee8b1ff1c14a87c5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212868
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/8939398b82006ba1fec4ed491339fc075f43fc7c

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