CVE-2015-5273

low

Published 2015-12-07 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.6

Description

The abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before 2.7.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unpacked.cpio in a pre-created directory with a predictable name in /var/tmp.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-38835 local multiple verified

rebel · 2015-12-01

abrt (Centos 7.1 / Fedora 22) - Local Privilege Escalation

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

Red Hat Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
7.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
redhat	automatic_bug_reporting_tool	`{"endIncluding":"2.7.0"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-59

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.