daemon/abrt-handle-upload.in in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT), when moving problem reports from /var/spool/abrt-upload, allows local u
daemon/abrt-handle-upload.in in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT), when moving problem reports from /var/spool/abrt-upload, allows local users to write to arbitrary files or possibly have other unspecified impact via a symlink attack on (1) /var/spool/abrt or (2) /var/tmp/abrt.
- Published
- Jan 14, 2020
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.1% · 63th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-59
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Report tools
Action score
26
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.1%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| redhat | automatic bug reporting tool | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux server | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server |
| redhat | enterprise linux server aus | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus |
| redhat | enterprise linux server eus | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus |
| redhat | enterprise linux server tus | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- redhat automatic bug reporting toolall versions
- redhat enterprise linux desktop7.0
- redhat enterprise linux server7.0
- redhat enterprise linux server aus7.3
- redhat enterprise linux server aus7.4
- redhat enterprise linux server aus7.6
- redhat enterprise linux server aus7.7
- redhat enterprise linux server eus7.1
- redhat enterprise linux server eus7.2
- redhat enterprise linux server eus7.3
- redhat enterprise linux server eus7.4
- redhat enterprise linux server eus7.5
- redhat enterprise linux server eus7.6
- redhat enterprise linux server eus7.7
- redhat enterprise linux server tus7.3
- redhat enterprise linux server tus7.6
- redhat enterprise linux server tus7.7
- redhat enterprise linux workstation7.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
ABRT ABRT
- before 2.6.0affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | abrt | before 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | abrt-addon-ccpp | before 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | abrt-addon-kerneloops | before 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | abrt-addon-python | before 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | abrt-addon-vmcore | before 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | abrt-cli | before 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | abrt-console-notification | before 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | abrt-debuginfo | before 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | abrt-desktop | before 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | abrt-devel | before 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | abrt-gui | before 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | abrt-libs | before 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | abrt-python | before 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | abrt-tui | before 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.8-26.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | libreport | before 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | libreport-cli | before 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | libreport-compat | before 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | libreport-debuginfo | before 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | libreport-devel | before 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | libreport-filesystem | before 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | libreport-gtk | before 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | libreport-gtk-devel | before 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | libreport-newt | before 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | libreport-plugin-bugzilla | before 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 | 0:2.0.9-21.el6_6.1 |
+96
Same product
redhat: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2015-5287The abrt-hook-ccpp help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before 2.7.1 allows local users with certain permissions to gain privKEV62This week
- CVE-2015-3315Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allows local users to read, change the ownership of, or have other unspecified impact on arbitrary files32Monitor
- CVE-2026-54230Abrt: event handler scripts follow symlinks when writing output files, allowing arbitrary file overwrites31Monitor
- CVE-2015-3159The abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) does not properly handle the process env31Monitor
- CVE-2015-3151Directory traversal vulnerability in abrt-dbus in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allows local users to read, write to, or change owners31Monitor
- CVE-2015-1869The default event handling scripts in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allow local users to gain privileges as demonstrated by a symlink 31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| red hat:abrt | 0:2.1.11-22.el7_1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:abrt-addon-ccpp | 0:2.1.11-22.el7_1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:abrt-addon-kerneloops | 0:2.1.11-22.el7_1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:abrt-addon-pstoreoops | 0:2.1.11-22.el7_1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:abrt-addon-python | 0:2.1.11-22.el7_1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:abrt-addon-vmcore | 0:2.1.11-22.el7_1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:abrt-addon-xorg | 0:2.1.11-22.el7_1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:abrt-cli | 0:2.1.11-22.el7_1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:abrt-console-notification | 0:2.1.11-22.el7_1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:abrt-dbus | 0:2.1.11-22.el7_1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:abrt-debuginfo | 0:2.1.11-22.el7_1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:abrt-desktop | 0:2.1.11-22.el7_1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
- Obfuscated Files or Information: HTML SmugglingT1027.006
- Obfuscated Files or Information: Embedded PayloadsT1027.009
- Boot or Logon Autostart Execution:Shortcut ModificationT1547.009
- Hide Artifacts: Resource ForkingT1564.009
- Hijack Execution Flow: Executable Installer File Permissions WeaknessT1574.005
- Hijack Execution Flow: Services File Permissions WeaknessT1574.010
Noroxi analysis
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- github.com/abrt/abrt/pull/955
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1083.html
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/17/5
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212953
- github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3746b7627218438ae7d781fc8b18a221454e9091
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.