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.

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

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Updated: 2024-08-06T06:41:09.524Z

Reserved: 2015-07-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5287

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-12-07T18:59:02.230

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-5287

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-11-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-5287 - Bugzilla

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