CVE-2015-5287
The abrt-hook-ccpp help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before 2.7.1 allows local users with certain permissions to gain…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 5.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.7% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 26 Aug 2026
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.
- Added
- 26 Aug 2026
- Fix due (US federal)
- 9 Sept 2026
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 26 Aug 2026.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- ABRT sosreport Privilege Escalation (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/local/abrt_sosreport_priv_escRank excellentdisclosed 23 Nov 2015
Exploit-DB3 entries
- ABRT - sosreport Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 47421local, linuxpublished 25 Sept 2019Verified
- RHEL 7.0/7.1 - 'abrt/sosreport' Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 38832local, linuxpublished 1 Dec 2015Verified
- abrt (Centos 7.1 / Fedora 22) - Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 38835local, multiplepublished 1 Dec 2015Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 38832 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.0% · top 7.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- RHSA-2015:2505 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 38832 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151201 CVE-2015-5273 + CVE-2015-5287, abrt local root in Centos/Fedora/RHEL (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 78137 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189e740e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-Escalation.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-10147-chinese-speaking-adversary-integrates-agentic-ai-into-post-compromise-operations/ (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-5287 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-5264 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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