CVE-2015-5287High· 7.8▾ Abyssal⚠ Exploited in the wildPoC availableThe 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/a…
▾ Abyssal zone — Critical with a public exploit or in-the-wild use
impact 42.9 · likelihood 1 · exploitation 25
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Public exploit / PoC code seen in 3 sources. Availability, not in-the-wild use.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Aug 26.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
Federal remediation due Sep 9, 2026
3.4%
3.4% → 5.0%
Exploit-DB · 1 GitHub repo · Metasploit ×1 (last check)
Added to the CISA catalog on Aug 26, 2026. Federal remediation due Sep 9, 2026. View catalog ↗
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.
automatic_bug_reporting_tool <= 2.7.0enterprise_linux_desktop = 7.0enterprise_linux_hpc_node = 7.0enterprise_linux_server = 7.0enterprise_linux_workstation = 7.0Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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