CVE-2014-3215

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 08 May 2014, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 10:35

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
6.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.07% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 May 2014, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 10:35
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

seunshare in policycoreutils 2.2.5 is owned by root with 4755 permissions, and executes programs in a way that changes the relationship between the setuid system call and the getresuid saved set-user-ID value, which makes it easier for local users to gain privileges by leveraging a program that mistakenly expected that it could permanently drop privileges.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.07%• Percentile: 22%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • selinuxproject•policycoreutils

    2.2.5

References (10)