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HistoryMay 05, 2015 - 12:00 a.m.

Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerability

2015-05-0500:00:00
ubuntu.com
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6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

6.2 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

HIGH

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.3%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

  • linux-lts-utopic - Linux hardware enablement kernel from Utopic

Details

A race condition between chown() and execve() was discovered in the Linux
kernel. A local attacker could exploit this race by using chown on a
setuid-user-binary to gain administrative privileges.

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

6.2 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

HIGH

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.3%