CVE-2015-1350 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can strip capabilities from setuid binaries via failed system calls, potentially leading to privilege escalation or denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-1350?
CVE-2015-1350 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 May 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations that underspecifies removing extended privilege attributes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (capability stripping) via a failed invocation of a system call, as demonstrated by using chown to remove a capability from the ping or Wireshark dumpcap program.
Weakness: CWE-552
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1350?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Linux kernel, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Mrg.
How do I fix CVE-2015-1350?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2015-1350 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1350 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1350, GHSA-m2mx-4jc6-3wh7, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1350.