MSRXCVE-2015-5287
CVE-2015-5287
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
CVSS 3.1 · CNA
chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS; higher than 92% of CVEs)
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.
Scores
Affected products
- n/a n/a: n/a
8 references (advisories, patches, write-ups)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837 · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html · x_refsource_MISC
Sources: CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Missing ones did not answer or have no record yet.