CVE-2015-5273

lowpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.009 · 60 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

0.91% (60th) EPSS

CVSS 3.6 · low

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before 2.7.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unpacked.cpio in a pre-created directory with a predictable name in /var/tmp.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

3.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.03.6lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 4.9

v2.03.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-38835abrt (Centos 7.1 / Fedora 22) - Local Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
redhat automatic bug reporting tool≤ 2.7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux desktop= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux hpc node= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux workstation= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2015-12-07modified 2026-06-17

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references (24)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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