The abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) does not properly handle the process env
The abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) does not properly handle the process environment before invoking abrt-action-install-debuginfo, which allows local users to gain privileges.
- Published
- Jan 14, 2020
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 30th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| redhat | automatic bug reporting tool | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool |
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
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 9a4100678fea4d60ec93d35f4c5de2e9ad054f3aaffected
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 |
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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-2015-3151Directory 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
- CVE-2011-4088ABRT might allow attackers to obtain sensitive information from crash reports.30Monitor
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
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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
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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
- Someone with local access to the system 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
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Noroxi analysis
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References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216962
- github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/9943a77bca37a0829ccd3784d1dfab37f8c24e7b
- github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/9a4100678fea4d60ec93d35f4c5de2e9ad054f3a
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