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CVE-2015-5287

Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Exploited in the wild

This vulnerability is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, added 2026-08-26. Federal due date: 2026-09-09.

Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

Impact

Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow local users with certain permissions to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file with a predictable name. The impacted product(s) could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users are advised to discontinue use and/or transition to a supported version.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
RedhatAutomatic Bug Reporting Tool
through 2.7.0
OracleLinux
Version 7
RedhatEnterprise Linux
Versions 6.0, 7.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Desktop
Version 7.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Hpc Node
Version 7.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server
Version 7.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Workstation
Version 7.0

Weakness classification

CWE-59

References