CVE•Published 2015-12-07•Modified 2026-08-27•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2015-5287Redhat · Automatic_bug_reporting_tool
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
88
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 12% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2015-12-07
Modified 2026-08-27
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2015-5287Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Redhat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool"All exposed Redhat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Automatic Bug Reporting Tool"HTTP body or banner mentions "Automatic Bug Reporting Tool" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2015-5287Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2015-5287Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2015-5287Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2015-5287GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2015-5287" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (2)
CVE-2015-52872 repos
Ostorlab/KEVunknown
Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.
barmi/cve-patch-auditorGo
Audit CVE impact, patch status, remediation progress, and verification results across systems.