Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool
CVE-2015-5287
Key Information:
- Vendor
Redhat
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 7 December 2015
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What is CVE-2015-5287?
The Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) prior to version 2.7.1 is susceptible to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This flaw allows local users with specific permissions to execute a symlink attack on files with predictable names, such as '/var/tmp/abrt/abrt-hax-coredump' or '/var/spool/abrt/abrt-hax-coredump'. An attacker leveraging this vulnerability could manipulate the symlink to escalate their privileges, potentially leading to unauthorized access to system resources.
CISA has reported CVE-2015-5287
CISA provides regional cyber and physical services to support security and resilience across the United States. CISA monitor the most dangerious vulnerabilities and have identifed CVE-2015-5287 as being exploited but is not known by the CISA to be used in ransomware campaigns. This is subject to change at pace
The CISA's recommendation is: 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.
Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)
PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.
