CVE-2015-5287
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2015-5287 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2015-12-07 18:59:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2016-12-07 18:16:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-59
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Desktop | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Hpc Node | 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 Server | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | 7.0 | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| abrt '/var/spool/abrt' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | |
| RHEL 7.0/7.1 - 'abrt/sosreport' Local Privilege Escalation - Linux local Exploit | EXPLOIT-DB | www.exploit-db.com | |
| ABRT sosreport Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm | MISC | packetstormsecurity.com | |
| Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 | CONFIRM | www.oracle.com | |
| ccpp: save abrt core files only to new files · abrt/abrt@3c1b60c · GitHub | CONFIRM | github.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | rhn.redhat.com | Vendor Advisory |
| oss-security - CVE-2015-5273 + CVE-2015-5287, abrt local root in Centos/Fedora/RHEL | MLIST | www.openwall.com | Exploit |
| Bug 1266837 – CVE-2015-5287 abrt: incorrect permissions on /var/spool/abrt | CONFIRM | bugzilla.redhat.com | Exploit |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.