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CVE-2015-5287

Date: December 7, 2015

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (11)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5287
https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5287
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-5287

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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