Vulnerability CVE-2015-5273
Published: 2015-12-07

Description:
The abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before 2.7.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unpacked.cpio in a pre-created directory with a predictable name in /var/tmp.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
CentOS 7.1 / Fedora 22 abrt Local Root
rebel
02.12.2015

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.6/10
4.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Automatic bug reporting tool 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux hpc node 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 

 References:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172809.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78113
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262252
https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/50ee8130fb4cd4ef1af7682a2c85dd99cb99424e
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