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CVE-2015-5287
Published: Dec 7, 2015
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
RHSA-2015:2505
vendor-advisory
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38832
exploit
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[oss-security] 20151201 CVE-2015-5273 + CVE-2015-5287, abrt local root in Centos/Fedora/RHEL
mailing-list
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837
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78137
vdb-entry
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https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e
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