VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-1336
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.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.05%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.05%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.05% probability · 62th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- man-db project/man-db
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.