CVE-2015-5287 KEV EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 5% (pctl 92)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2026-09-09.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.96% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-59 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2026-09-09 |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2015-12-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-08-27 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2026-08-26 |
| Due | 2026-09-09 |
| Vendor / product | Red Hat / Automatic Bug Reporting Tool |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (7)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| oracle | linux |
| redhat | automatic bug reporting tool |
| redhat | enterprise linux |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux hpc node |
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | ABRT - sosreport Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) | 2019-09-25 |
| exploit-db | RHEL 7.0/7.1 - 'abrt/sosreport' Local Privilege Escalation | 2015-12-01 |
| exploit-db | abrt (Centos 7.1 / Fedora 22) - Local Privilege Escalation | 2015-12-01 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/
- https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-10147-chinese-speaking-adversary-integrates-agentic-ai-into-post-compromise-operations/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5287
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