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[NVD] CVE-2015-5287 (HIGH 7.8) — 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-ha

lownvdPublished 2015-12-07

CVE-2015-5287 CVSS: 7.8 HIGH Published: 2015-12-07T18:59:02.230

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.

Indicators of compromise

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5287