CVE-2015-5287
mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.050 · 92 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSadded 2026-08-26remediate by 2026-09-09
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.
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.8
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
exploits (5)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- exploit/linux/local/abrt_sosreport_priv_escABRT sosreport Privilege Escalationweaponized · metasploit
- EDB-38832RHEL 7.0/7.1 - 'abrt/sosreport' Local Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-38835abrt (Centos 7.1 / Fedora 22) - Local Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-47421ABRT - sosreport Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- HORKimhab/CVE-2015-5287CVE-2015-5287PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (9)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- redhat automatic bug reporting tool≤ 2.7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux hpc node= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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
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references (20)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/abrt/abrtPatchcnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47421cnnvd
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1enisa_euvd
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837enisa_euvd
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