HIGH CISA-KEV ACTIVELY EXPLOITED
CVE-2015-5287
Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow local users with certain permissions to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file with a predictable name. The impacted product(s) could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users are advised to discontinue use and/or transition to a supported version.
Affected Products
- Red Hat: Automatic Bug Reporting Tool
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5287
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
This high severity vulnerability was published on 2026-08-26 via CISA-KEV. ⚠ This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — it is being actively exploited in the wild. Affected: Red Hat: Automatic Bug Reporting Tool.
Risk Timeline
CVE Disclosed2026-08-26 · 0 days ago
CISA KEV — Actively ExploitedU.S. federal agencies required to patch · confirmed threat-actor activity
Remediation Resources
NVD / MITRE
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