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high 7.8

CVE-2015-3151 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in abrt-dbus in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allows local users to read, write to, or change owner…

published 2020-01-14 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-3232

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in abrt-dbus in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allows local users to read, write to, or change ownership of arbitrary files via unspecified vectors to the (1) NewProblem, (2) GetInfo, (3) SetElement, or (4) DeleteElement method.

Patch / fix

  • abrt RHEL 7 2.1.11-22.el7_1
  • abrt RHEL 7 2.1.11-22.ael7b_1
  • abrt-cli RHEL 7 2.1.11-22.el7_1
  • abrt-cli RHEL 7 2.1.11-22.ael7b_1
  • abrt-gui RHEL 7 2.1.11-22.el7_1
  • abrt-gui RHEL 7 2.1.11-22.ael7b_1
  • abrt-tui RHEL 7 2.1.11-22.el7_1
  • abrt-tui RHEL 7 2.1.11-22.ael7b_1

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:1083

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-3151 updated cvss 6.6

abrt: directory traversals in several D-Bus methods implemented by abrt-dbus

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) abrt 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-cli 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-gui 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-tui 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-dbus 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-libs 2.1.11-22.el7_1, +24 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libreport-newt 2.1.11-23.el7_1, libreport-compat 2.1.11-23.el7_1, abrt-retrace-client 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-addon-upload-watch 2.1.11-22.el7_1, libreport-plugin-logger 2.1.11-23.el7_1, libreport-rhel-bugzilla 2.1.11-23.el7_1, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) abrt 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-cli 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-tui 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-libs 2.1.11-22.el7_1, libreport 2.1.11-23.el7_1, abrt-python 2.1.11-22.el7_1, +20 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) abrt-gui 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-dbus 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-desktop 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-gui-libs 2.1.11-22.el7_1, libreport-newt 2.1.11-23.el7_1, libreport-compat 2.1.11-23.el7_1, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) abrt 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt 2.1.11-22.ael7b_1, abrt-cli 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-gui 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-tui 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-dbus 2.1.11-22.el7_1, +54 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) libreport-newt 2.1.11-23.el7_1, libreport-compat 2.1.11-23.el7_1, libreport-newt 2.1.11-23.ael7b_1, libreport-compat 2.1.11-23.ael7b_1, abrt-retrace-client 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-retrace-client 2.1.11-22.ael7b_1, +8 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) abrt 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-cli 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-gui 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-tui 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-dbus 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-libs 2.1.11-22.el7_1, +24 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) libreport-newt 2.1.11-23.el7_1, libreport-compat 2.1.11-23.el7_1, abrt-retrace-client 2.1.11-22.el7_1, abrt-addon-upload-watch 2.1.11-22.el7_1, libreport-plugin-logger 2.1.11-23.el7_1, libreport-rhel-bugzilla 2.1.11-23.el7_1, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1083
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 abrt, abrt-cli, abrt-gui, abrt-tui, abrt-libs, abrt-python, +6 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • ABRT ABRT

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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