# CVE-2015-3315: Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allows local users to read, change the ownership of, or have other unspecified impact on arbitrary files

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 3 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2017-06-26 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allows local users to read, change the ownership of, or have other unspecified impact on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /var/tmp/abrt/*/maps, (2) /tmp/jvm-*/hs_error.log, (3) /proc/*/exe, (4) /etc/os-release in a chroot, or (5) an unspecified root directory related to librpm.

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211835
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/80408e9e24a1c10f85fd969e1853e0f192157f92
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/16/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/4
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1083.html
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/17cb66b13997b0159b4253b3f5722db79f476d68
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/d6e2f6f128cef4c21cb80941ae674c9842681aa7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75117
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44097/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1210.html
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/4f2c1ddd3e3b81d2d5146b883115371f1cada9f9
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36747
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44097
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/abrt_raceabrt_priv_esc.rb

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