CVE-2015-5273

low
Published 2015-12-07 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.6
VIR risk
3.6

Description

The abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before 2.7.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unpacked.cpio in a pre-created directory with a predictable name in /var/tmp.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel7.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
redhatautomatic_bug_reporting_tool{"endIncluding":"2.7.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-59

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.