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  "kind": "base",
  "id": "crds:cve-2015-5287",
  "revision": 1,
  "title": "Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool — Symlink Privilege Escalation",
  "summary": "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.",
  "source_type": "cve",
  "severity": "high",
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    "score": 7.8,
    "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "version": "3.1"
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  "epss": 0.04962,
  "exploitation": {
    "known_exploited": true,
    "exploit_available": true,
    "attack_complexity": "low",
    "kev_added": "2026-08-26",
    "prerequisites": "Local account with permissions that let it place a symbolic link where the crash hook writes its core dump"
  },
  "remediation": {
    "patch_available": true,
    "fixed_in": [
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    ]
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  "mitre_attack": [
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  "kill_chain": "privilege_escalation",
  "recommended_action": "Update Automatic Bug Reporting Tool to 2.7.1 or the vendor's fixed package, or remove it from end-of-life hosts; audit /var/tmp/abrt and /var/spool/abrt for planted symlinks.",
  "confidence": "high",
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      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-21T07:05:11.841Z",
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      "source": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5287",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-21T07:05:11.841Z",
      "confidence": "high",
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    {
      "type": "cve",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5287",
      "label": "NVD record"
    },
    {
      "type": "cisa",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "label": "CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e"
    },
    {
      "type": "exploit",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1"
    }
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  "published_at": "2015-12-07T18:59:02.230Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-09-21T07:05:11.841Z",
  "tags": [
    "red-hat",
    "abrt",
    "linux",
    "privilege-escalation",
    "symlink",
    "local"
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}