high Known exploitedREV. 01
CVE-2015-5287Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool — Symlink Privilege Escalation
The abrt-hook-ccpp helper in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool before 2.7.1 writes a core dump to a predictably named file without checking for symbolic links, so a local user with certain permissions can redirect that write and gain higher privileges.
Read the risk
THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 7.8/ 10 CVSS v3.1
- EPSS probability
- 5% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- CVE published
- 2015-12-07
- Added to KEV
- 2026-08-26
- Exploit published
- Yes
- Confidence
- high
- Kill chain
- privilege escalation
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1068
- Severity
- high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attacker needsLocal account with permissions that let it place a symbolic link where the crash hook writes its core dump
Fixed in2.7.1
Behind the card
5 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02CISACISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogcisa.gov
- 03Vendor advisoryrhn.redhat.comrhn.redhat.com
- 04Vendor advisorygithub.comgithub.com
- 05Exploitopenwall.comopenwall.com
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_at | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-21 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added | cisa.gov | 2026-09-21 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-09-21 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-21 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.