CVE-2015-5287
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 7.0 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | automatic_bug_reporting_tool | {"endIncluding":"2.7.0"} | |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78137
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38832/
CWEs
CWE-59
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.