CVE-2015-5287

HIGH

The abrt-hook-ccpp help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before 2.7.1 allows local users with certain permissions to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file with a predictable name, as demonstrated by /var/tmp/abrt/abrt-hax-coredump or /var/spool/abrt/abrt-hax-coredump.

CVSS v3.1 Score

7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Published: 12/7/2015Modified: 8/27/2026

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References (18)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.htmlThird Party Advisoryhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.htmlVendor Advisoryhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1Exploithttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlThird Party Advisoryhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137Third Party Advisoryhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837Exploithttps://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740ePatchhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/Mailing ListThird Party Advisoryhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.htmlThird Party Advisoryhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.htmlVendor Advisoryhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1Exploithttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlThird Party Advisoryhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137Third Party Advisoryhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837Exploithttps://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740ePatchhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/Mailing ListThird Party Advisoryhttps://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-10147-chinese-speaking-adversary-integrates-agentic-ai-into-post-compromise-operations/Third Party Advisoryhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5287Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource