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.
Exploits (1)
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0036
EPSS Percentile
58.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-284
Status
published
Products (1)
man-db_project/man-db
< 2.7.6.1
Published
Sep 28, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026