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    CVE-2015-1336

    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.

    Published:Dec 13, 2015
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Sep 27, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00361
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Man-db Project
    Product
    Man-db

    Exploits

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.htmlhttp://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.htmlhttp://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41158

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-19 Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    CAPEC-27 Leveraging Race Conditions via Symbolic Links
    CAPEC-29 Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions
    CAPEC-441 Malicious Logic Insertion
    CAPEC-478 Modification of Windows Service Configuration
    CAPEC-479 Malicious Root Certificate
    CAPEC-502 Intent Spoof
    CAPEC-503 WebView Exposure
    CAPEC-536 Data Injected During Configuration
    CAPEC-546 Incomplete Data Deletion in a Multi-Tenant Environment
    CAPEC-550 Install New Service
    CAPEC-551 Modify Existing Service
    CAPEC-552 Install Rootkit
    CAPEC-556 Replace File Extension Handlers
    CAPEC-558 Replace Trusted Executable
    CAPEC-562 Modify Shared File
    CAPEC-563 Add Malicious File to Shared Webroot
    CAPEC-564 Run Software at Logon
    CAPEC-578 Disable Security Software

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    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
    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

    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