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HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2015-5287
Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - [Actively Exploited]
Overview
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.

Details
INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 7, 2015, 6:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 27, 2026, 4:16 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

For the benefit of the cybersecurity community and network defenders—and to help every organization better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity—CISA maintains the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild.

Description :

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.

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.

Known Ransomware Campaign Use:

Unknown

Notes :

This vulnerability affects an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5287

Impact
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-5287 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
4 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
5 Redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node
6 Redhat automatic_bug_reporting_tool
1 Oracle linux
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 7
Scoring
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
The Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) is vulnerable to a symlink privilege escalation, and should be updated to address the vulnerability.
  • Update the affected ABRT and/or libreport packages.
  • Reboot the system if required.
References
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-5287.

URL Resource
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
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
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-5287 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-5287 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-5287 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • The Hacker News
CISA Adds Six Exploited Flaws to KEV, Including NetScaler, Linux, and SQL Server Bugs

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added six flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including a high-severity security vulnerability imp ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 27, 2026 (4 days ago)
  • TheCyberThrone
CISA Adds Six Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities to KEV on Aug 26 2026

On August 26, 2026, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added six vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitat ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 27, 2026 (4 days, 3 hours ago)
  • The Hacker News
UAT-10147 Uses AI to Scale Server Attacks, Deploys SPECTRE With EDR Bypass and Linux Rootkit

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a Chinese-speaking cybercrime group dubbed UAT-10147 that's targeting Windows and Linux web servers globally across the education, media, technology ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 24, 2026 (6 days, 23 hours ago)

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-5287 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Aug. 27, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2015-5287', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'active'}, {'automatable': 'no'}, {'technicalImpact': 'total'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-08-26T17:44:17.462947Z'} {'id': 'CVE-2015-5287', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'active'}, {'automatable': 'no'}, {'technicalImpact': 'total'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-08-26T00:00:00+00:00'}
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 26, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.7.0 OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.7.0 *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added Reference Type Red Hat, Inc.: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html Types: Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type Red Hat, Inc.: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Types: Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type Red Hat, Inc.: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137 Types: Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type Red Hat, Inc.: https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type Red Hat, Inc.: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/ Types: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type CVE: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html Types: Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type CVE: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Types: Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type CVE: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137 Types: Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type CISA-ADP: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-10147-chinese-speaking-adversary-integrates-agentic-ai-into-post-compromise-operations/ Types: Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CISA-ADP: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5287 Types: Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/ Types: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE CISA KEV Update by 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725

    Aug. 26, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Date Added 2026-08-26
    Added Due Date 2026-08-26
    Added Required Action 2026-08-26
    Added Vulnerability Name 2026-08-26
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Aug. 26, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837
    Added Reference https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/
    Removed Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html
    Removed Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html
    Removed Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1
    Removed Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837
    Removed Reference https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e
    Removed Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/
    Removed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html Types: Vendor Advisory
    Removed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1 Types: Exploit
    Removed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837 Types: Exploit
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Aug. 26, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-59
    Added Reference https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-10147-chinese-speaking-adversary-integrates-agentic-ai-into-post-compromise-operations/
    Added Reference https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5287
    Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2015-5287', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'active'}, {'automatable': 'no'}, {'technicalImpact': 'total'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-08-26T17:44:17.462947Z'}
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 26, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837
    Added Reference https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/
    Removed Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html
    Removed Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html
    Removed Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1
    Removed Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837
    Removed Reference https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e
    Removed Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/
    Removed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html Types: Vendor Advisory
    Removed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1 Types: Exploit
    Removed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837 Types: Exploit
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'vendor': 'n/a', 'product': 'n/a', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': 'n/a'}]}]
  • Status Change by [email protected]

    May. 06, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837
    Added Reference https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 07, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 15, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 08, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837 Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1 Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-59
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 08, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CVSS
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 6.9
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
EPSS
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

4.96 }} 1.55%

score

0.91548

percentile