Vulnerability CVE-2015-1336
Published: 2017-09-27   Modified: 2017-09-28

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Man-db 2.6.7.1 - Privilege Escalation (PoC)
halfdog
26.01.2017

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Man-db project -> Man-db 

 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
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