CVE-2015-3142 Information

Description

The kernel-invoked coredump processor in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) does not properly check the ownership of files before writing core dumps to them which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging write permissions to the working directory of a crashed application.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1083.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1210.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/17/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75116 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212818

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

4.7