CVE-2015-5273
redhat: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
- EPSS
- 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 59% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-59
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- redhat:automatic_bug_reporting_tool
- redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop
- redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server
- redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172809.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78113