CVE-2015-5287
Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 9 September 2026). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.96% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 26 August 2026 · due 9 September 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- redhat/automatic bug reporting tool · oracle/linux · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux hpc node · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
CISA notes
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. 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
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1Exploit
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837Exploit
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740ePatch
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1Exploit
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837Exploit
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740ePatch
- 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-2015-5287Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.