CVE-2015-3339

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 15
Modified
Published: 27 May 2015, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 05:47

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
25/100
CVSS Score
6.2 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.03% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 May 2015, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 05:47
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.2AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.03%• Percentile: 10%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-362•Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

    The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0 | 8.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 3.19.5

References (18)