7.5high
CVE-2016-20015
In the ebuild package through smokeping-2.7.3-r1 for SmokePing on Gentoo, the initscript allows the smokeping user to gain ownership of any…
Published 4 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.1 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.7%
percentile 52%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
In the ebuild package through smokeping-2.7.3-r1 for SmokePing on Gentoo, the initscript allows the smokeping user to gain ownership of any file, allowing for the smokeping user to gain root privileges. There is a race condition involving /var/lib/smokeping and chown.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 17 mo ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.66% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
References
- bugs.gentoo.org /602652 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-20015
- NVD: CVE-2016-20015
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