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CVE-2015-5287: Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

High · CVSS 7.8 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 5.0%, 92th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: redhat

In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.

Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: 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.

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.

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

Status incidents that name it

No tracked status incident names this CVE.

Affected vendors and products

Red Hat: Automatic Bug Reporting Tool

References

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