CVE-2015-5287: Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow local users with certain permissions to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file with a predictable name. The impacted product(s) could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users are advised to discontinue use and/or transition to a supported version.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Privilege escalation via symlink attack on predictably named files in Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool.
- Who is affected
- Systems running Red Hat ABRT with local user access; product may be end-of-life or end-of-service.
- Urgency
- Critical; actively exploited and may affect unsupported legacy systems.
- Action
- Discontinue use of ABRT or transition to a supported version if still maintained.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5287
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2015-5287Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 88% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2015-5287 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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