CVE-2015-1862
The crash reporting feature in Abrt allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging an execve...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2015-1862- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2015-1862- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-1970 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2015-1970- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vwwv-5cgp-6jw3
The crash reporting feature in Abrt allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging an execve...
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.
- Record
GHSA-vwwv-5cgp-6jw3- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Apport/Abrt (Ubuntu / Fedora) - Local Privilege Escalation | 2015-04-14 |
| Exploit-DB | Abrt (Fedora 21) - Race Condition | 2015-04-14 |
| Metasploit | ABRT raceabrt Privilege Escalation | 2015-04-14 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-1862 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Redhat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool, published February 9, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.05%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.