CVE-2015-1336 | BDVDB-2026-90949 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.