6.9

CVE-2014-3215: selinuxproject policycoreutils

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2014-0251SUSE-SU-2017:0375-1RHBA-2015:2161
Published 08-05-2014Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-3215 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability in selinuxproject policycoreutils. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.9, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.9/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.36%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2015:0864

Timeline

  1. 08-05-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability 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

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

30%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.36% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat5 products
  • libcap-ng< 0:0.7.5-4.el7
  • libcap-ng-debuginfo< 0:0.7.5-4.el7
  • libcap-ng-devel< 0:0.7.5-4.el7
  • libcap-ng-python< 0:0.7.5-4.el7
  • libcap-ng-utils< 0:0.7.5-4.el7
Suse3 products
  • libcap-ng&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4< 0.6.3-1.9.6
  • libcap-ng&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4< 0.6.3-1.9.6
  • libcap-ng&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4< 0.6.3-1.9.6
Mageia2 products
  • libcap-ng< 0.7.3-2.1.mga3
  • libcap-ng< 0.7.3-3.1.mga4
Selinuxproject1 product

4 vendors · 11 products

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