CVEs / CVE-2015-5287
CVE-2015-5287: Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 26 Aug 2026
- high 7.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow local users with certain permissions to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file with a predictable name. The impacted product(s) could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users are advised to discontinue use and/or transition to a supported version.
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.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 26 Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-59 |
References
- CVE-2015-5287 on NVD
- CVE-2015-5287 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e (cited by CISA)
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk (cited by CISA)
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk (cited by CISA)
- 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
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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