CVE-2015-1336

moderate-risk
Published 2017-09-28

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.36% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Man-Db Project

References (16)

Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation....
Third Party Advisory http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html
Exploit http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723
Issue Tracking https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357
Issue Tracking https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786
Issue Tracking https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation....
Third Party Advisory http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html
Exploit http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723
Issue Tracking https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357
Issue Tracking https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786
Issue Tracking https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 8/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal