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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.

Published

2017-09-28T01:29:00.420

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-284

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	man-db_project	man-db	≤ 2.7.6.1	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	No
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	No
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	No
Application	man-db_project	man-db	≤ 2.7.6.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	No
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	No

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)