CVE-2015-5273

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-12-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-59

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.

Affected products

RedHat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool: through 2.7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0

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
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262252
https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/50ee8130fb4cd4ef1af7682a2c85dd99cb99424e
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

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