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
- 5.00% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- 3 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 1 December 2015
- 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
EPSS 5.0% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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
Public exploits (3)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
| EDB-ID | Title | Type | Published | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDB-47421source ↗ | ABRT - sosreport Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)linux · Metasploit | local | 25 September 2019 | yes |
| EDB-38835source ↗ | abrt (Centos 7.1 / Fedora 22) - Local Privilege Escalationmultiple · rebel | local | 1 December 2015 | yes |
| EDB-38832source ↗ | RHEL 7.0/7.1 - 'abrt/sosreport' Local Privilege Escalationlinux · rebel | local | 1 December 2015 | yes |
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.