CVE-2015-5287

high

Description

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

https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-10147-chinese-speaking-adversary-integrates-agentic-ai-into-post-compromise-operations/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5287

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html

https://securityaffairs.com/197975/hacking/u-s-cisa-adds-red-hat-linux-kernel-ajax-net-professional-microsoft-sql-server-and-citrix-netscaler-flaws-to-its-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog.html

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cisa-kev-microsoft-citrix/

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/27/netscaler-adc-gateway-cve-2026-8452/

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/cisa-adds-six-exploited-flaws-to-kev.html

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2026/08/26/cisa-adds-six-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/uat-10147-uses-ai-to-scale-server.html

https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-12-07

Updated: 2026-08-27

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.11297