CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-3315

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allows local users to read, change ownership, or have other unspecified impacts on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain system files.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could gain access to sensitive data or alter critical system files, potentially leading to privilege escalation or system instability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict access to the ABRT tool and to monitor and secure the specified files against unauthorized access.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS