CVE-2015-8967 Information

Description

arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0 allows local users to bypass the \strict page permissions\ protection mechanism and modify the system-call table and consequently gain privileges by leveraging write access.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c623b33b4e9599c6ac5076f7db7369eb9869aa04 http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94680 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c623b33b4e9599c6ac5076f7db7369eb9869aa04

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8