CISA KEV catalog
Confirmed active exploitation.
Listed in CISA's catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: attackers are using it in real attacks. Patch it with priority.
- Name
- Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
Description
The abrt-hook-ccpp help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before 2.7.1 allows local users with certain permissions to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file with a predictable name, as demonstrated by /var/tmp/abrt/abrt-hax-coredump or /var/spool/abrt/abrt-hax-coredump.
Affected products
redhat: automatic bug reporting tool; oracle: linux; redhat: enterprise linux; redhat: enterprise linux desktop; redhat: enterprise linux hpc node; redhat: enterprise linux server; redhat: enterprise linux workstation
References10
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html Vendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html Vendor Advisory
- github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189… Patch
- github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/3c1b60cfa62d39e5fff5a53a5bc53dae189… Patch
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1 Exploit
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837 Exploit
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1 Exploit
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266837 Exploit
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/154592/ABRT-sosreport-Privilege-E… Third Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015… Third Party Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
-
7.8
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 5% percentile: 92 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-59
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