CVE-2015-1336 Information

Description

The daily mandb cleanup job in Man-db before 2.7.6.1-1 as packaged in Ubuntu and Debian allows local users with access to the man account to gain privileges via vectors involving insecure chown use.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/ http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8