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.
Published: 2015-12-07
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: 12.9% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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Redhat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Workstation
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:41:09.524Z

Reserved: 2015-07-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5287

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Status : Modified

Published: 2015-12-07T18:59:02.230

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-5287

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-11-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-5287 - Bugzilla

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