CVE-2015-5287
Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Published
- Dec 7, 2015
- Updated
- Aug 27, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Evidence observed
- Dec 1, 2015
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 92.1%
- Model date
- Oct 15, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
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.
Sources
modules/exploits/linux/local/abrt_sosreport_priv_esc.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- platform: Linux($.exploit_linux/local/abrt_sosreport_priv_esc.platform)
- verification: check_declared($.exploit_linux/local/abrt_sosreport_priv_esc.check)
- CVE-2015-5287Exploit
Local privilege escalation exploit for CVE-2015-5287 targeting RHEL 7.0/7.1 via abrt/sosreport, intended for authorized security testing and education.
rebel · linux · Dec 1, 2015
rebel · multiple · Dec 1, 2015
Metasploit · linux · Sep 25, 2019
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