VDB
CVE-2015-1336
CVE-2015-1336
PUBLISHED
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 0.36% · 58.6th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.36%
58.6th 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 |
Exploit Intelligence
- CIRCL exploited: CVE-2015-1336 (circl-sighting)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786 (circl)
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html (circl)
- 79723 (circl)
- GLSA-201707-12 (circl)
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357 (circl)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html (vulncheck-nvd)
- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/ (vulncheck-nvd)
- [oss-security] 20151214 Re: User man Local Root Exploit/Linux Kernel setgid Directory Privilege Escalation/PAM Owner Check Weakness (cve.org)
- Man-db 2.6.7.1 - Privilege Escalation Exploit (0day-today)
…and 1 more exploits
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 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 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