VDB
CVE-2015-1336
CVE-2015-1336
PUBLISHED
KEV
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
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.
EPSS 1.05% · 61.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
1.05%
61.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | man-db | 0, 2.7.4-1, 2.7.5-1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | man-db | 2.6.5-3, 2.6.6-1, 2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Dec 2, 2015 PoC Published
- Jan 26, 2017 PoC Published
- Sep 27, 2017 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 4, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1336 third-party-advisory
- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/ third-party-advisory
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/man-db-announce/2016-12/msg00000.html third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5334-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1336 third-party-advisory