CVE-2015-5287

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.
References
Link Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1 Exploit
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837 Exploit
https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e Patch
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1 Exploit
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837 Exploit
https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e Patch
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-10147-chinese-speaking-adversary-integrates-agentic-ai-into-post-compromise-operations/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5287 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2015-12-07 18:59

Updated : 2026-08-27 04:16


NVD link : CVE-2015-5287

Mitre link : CVE-2015-5287

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-5287


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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux
  • automatic_bug_reporting_tool
  • enterprise_linux_workstation
  • enterprise_linux_server
  • enterprise_linux_desktop
  • enterprise_linux_hpc_node

oracle

  • linux
CWE
CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')