CVE-2015-5287

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-5287
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2015-12-07T18:59:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-12-07T18:16:17
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.7.0
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1 Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837 Exploit
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5287
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5287
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:59:17 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 07:22:45 2015-12-07T18:59Z 2015-12-07T18:59:02 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 07:22:45 2016-12-07T18:16:17 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 07:22:45 Modified Vulnerability Status updated