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.

• CWE-59
• CWE-59

• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1Exploit
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837Exploit
• https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740ePatch
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1Exploit
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837Exploit
• https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740ePatch
• 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-2015-5287Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

Published

Dec 7, 2015

Last Modified

Aug 27, 2026

Status

Analyzed

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