CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-5273
3.6 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-12-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.6 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- 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 configurations
• redhat automatic bug reporting tool (<= 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
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172809.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1 Exploit
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78113 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262252 Exploit
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/50ee8130fb4cd4ef1af7682a2c85dd99cb99424e github.com
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172809.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1 Exploit
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78113 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262252 Exploit
- https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/50ee8130fb4cd4ef1af7682a2c85dd99cb99424e github.com