The default event handling scripts in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allow local users to gain privileges as demonstrated by a symlink attack on a var_log_messages file.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1869
Reference (s):
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3287aa12eb205cff95cdd00d6d6c5c9a4f8f0eca
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/7417505e1d93cc95ec648b74e3c801bc67aacb9f
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/17/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212861