CVE-2015-7556

HIGH

DeleGate 9.9.13 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2015-7556. PoCs published by Larry W. Cashdollar.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a local privilege escalation vulnerability in DeleGate v9.9.13 by abusing the setuid binary dgcpnod to create a file in /etc/cron.hourly, allowing arbitrary command execution as root.

Description

DeleGate 9.9.13 allows local users to gain privileges as demonstrated by the dgcpnod setuid program.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Larry W. Cashdollar · textlocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39134

This exploit leverages a local privilege escalation vulnerability in DeleGate v9.9.13 by abusing the setuid binary dgcpnod to create a file in /etc/cron.hourly, allowing arbitrary command execution as root.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: DeleGate v9.9.13
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to a system with DeleGate v9.9.13 installed and setuid binaries configured
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.vapidlabs.com/advisory.php?v=159
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/123

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0129
EPSS Percentile 66.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
delegate/delegate 9.9.13
Published Jan 15, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026