Privilege Escalation

2019-05-1602:23:11

Veracode Vulnerability Database

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7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

JSON

Linux kernel is vulnerable to privilege escalation vulnerability. This occurs in the 32-bit compatibility layer of the ioctl handling code of the v4l2 video driver in the Linux kernel. An attacker to overwrite a kernel memory from an unprivileged userspace process causing a privilege escalation.

CPENameOperatorVersion
kerneleq2.6.32__696.1.1.bgq.el6
kerneleq2.6.32__642.6.2.el6
kerneleq2.6.32__358.6.1.el6
kerneleq2.6.32__431.40.2.el6
kerneleq3.10.0__693.el7
kerneleq2.6.32__642.3.1.el6
kerneleq2.6.32__131.17.1.el6
kerneleq2.6.32__71.18.2.el6
kerneleq2.6.32__358.14.1.el6
kerneleq2.6.32__279.19.1.el6

Name	Operator	Version
kernel	eq	2.6.32__696.1.1.bgq.el6
kernel	eq	2.6.32__642.6.2.el6
kernel	eq	2.6.32__358.6.1.el6
kernel	eq	2.6.32__431.40.2.el6
kernel	eq	3.10.0__693.el7
kernel	eq	2.6.32__642.3.1.el6
kernel	eq	2.6.32__131.17.1.el6
kernel	eq	2.6.32__71.18.2.el6
kernel	eq	2.6.32__358.14.1.el6
kernel	eq	2.6.32__279.19.1.el6