CVE-2015-5273

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5273
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-12-07 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before 2.7.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unpacked.cpio in a pre-created directory with a predictable name in /var/tmp.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2015-5273 + CVE-2015-5287, abrt local root in Centos/Fedora/RHEL af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit
a-a-i-d-to-abrt-cache: make own random temporary directory · abrt/abrt@50ee813 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: abrt-2.7.1-1.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
abrt CVE-2015-5273 Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 1262252 – CVE-2015-5273 abrt: Insecure temporary directory usage in abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2015-5273 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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