ISOMAN

CVE

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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
Published
Modified

Linked Releases

References

  1. http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html
  2. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html
  3. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1
  4. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
  5. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137
  6. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837
  7. https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e
  8. https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/
  9. http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html
  10. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html
  11. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1
  12. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
  13. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137
  14. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837
  15. https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e
  16. https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/
  17. https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-10147-chinese-speaking-adversary-integrates-agentic-ai-into-post-compromise-operations/
  18. https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5287