CVE-2015-5287

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-11-23

Description

The abrt-hook-ccpp help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before2.7.1 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.

See more information about CVE-2015-5287 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (abrt)	ELSA-2015-2505	2015-11-25
Oracle Linux version 7 (libreport)	ELSA-2015-2505	2015-11-25

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