Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.004
EPSS Ranking 57.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html
- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html
- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12
Products affected by CVE-2015-1336
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.3.18
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.3.19
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.3.20
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.3.90
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.5.6
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.5.7
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.5.8
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.5.9
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.6.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.6.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.6.4
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.6.5
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.6.6
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.6.7
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.6.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.7.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.7.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.7.3
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.7.4
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.7.5
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.7.6
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cpe:2.3:a:man-db_project:man-db:2.7.6.1
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0