Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2015-5287

TLP:CLEAR

Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow local users with certain permissions to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file with a predictable name. The impacted product(s) could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users are advised to discontinue use and/or transition to a supported version.

Facts

  • Vendor: Red Hat
  • Product: Automatic Bug Reporting Tool
  • CVSS: 7.8
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 5 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 26 August 2026
  • First known exploitation: 26 August 2026
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 9 September 2026
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 26 August 2026

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD