Description
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.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.0
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
Exploits & proofs of concept
- exploit-dbApport/Abrt (Ubuntu / Fedora) - Local Privilege Escalationby Tavis Ormandy
- exploit-dbAbrt (Fedora 21) - Race Conditionby Tavis Ormandy
References
- MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211223
- MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/4
- EXPLOIThttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131422/Fedora-abrt-Race-Condition.html
- EXPLOIThttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36746/
- EXPLOIThttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131429/Abrt-Apport-Race-Condition-Symlink.html
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74263
- EXPLOIThttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36747/
- PATCHhttps://github.com/abrt/abrt/pull/810
- EXPLOIThttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131423/Linux-Apport-Abrt-Local-Root-Exploit.html
- MAILING_LISThttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/34
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