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CVE-2015-5287 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the abrt-hook-ccpp component of the Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) on Red Hat-based Linux distributions. The vulnerability arises because abrt-hook-ccpp does not use the O_NOFOLLOW flag when creating coredump files, allowing a local attacker to exploit a race condition by creating a symbolic link (symlink) with a predictable filename (e.g., /var/tmp/abrt/abrt-hax-coredump or /var/spool/abrt/abrt-hax-coredump). If the attacker can control the symlink, they can cause abrt-hook-ccpp to write to arbitrary files as the abrt user or, in some cases, as root, leading to privilege escalation.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module (modules/exploits/linux/local/abrt_sosreport_priv_esc.rb) that exploits a local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2015-5287) in the Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 systems. The exploit leverages an insecure temporary directory usage in the 'sosreport' tool, allowing a local attacker to perform a symlink attack and overwrite the kernel's modprobe path. This results in the execution of an attacker-controlled payload as root. The module checks for the presence of a vulnerable ABRT version, ensures the abrt-ccpp service is running, and requires Python to be installed on the target. The exploit is operational and allows the attacker to execute arbitrary code as root, depending on the payload selected. The main endpoints involved are system file paths related to ABRT and modprobe. The repository is structured as a standard Metasploit module and is intended for use within the Metasploit Framework.
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