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    CVE-2015-0278

    libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

    Published:Feb 10, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:May 18, 2015
    EPSS Score:0.01586
    CVSS Score:10

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Libuv Project
    Product
    Libuv
    Vendor
    Nodejs
    Product
    Node.js

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228
    https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c
    https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215
    https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10
    http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228
    https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c
    https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215
    https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High