Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

HIGH 7.8EXPLOITED (CISA KEV)CVE-2015-5287 · Published 07/12/2015 · updated 27/08/2026

Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. Actively exploited: CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 26/08/2026. Patch affected systems as an emergency.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
automatic bug reporting tool redhat	`≤ 2.7.0`	No fix yet

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.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html · Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html · Vendor Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1 · Exploit
oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/78137 · Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Exploit
abrt/abrt commit 3c1b60c · Patch
exploit-db.com/exploits/38832 · Mailing List
blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-10147-chinese-speaking-adversary-integrates-agentic-ai-into-post-compromise-operations · Third Party Advisory
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · Third Party Advisory
CISA KEV · CVE-2015-5287

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