CVE-2015-5228 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can exploit insecure file creation in the CRIU daemon to create arbitrary files or take ownership of existing files, leading to privilege escalation.
- 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-2015-5228?
CVE-2015-5228 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 7 Jun 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The service daemon in CRIU creates log and dump files insecurely, which allows local users to create arbitrary files and take ownership of existing files via unspecified vectors related to a directory path.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5228?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Criu Checkpoint\/Restore in Userspace, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2015-5228?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2015-5228 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5228 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5228, GHSA-4j5v-wrcf-qww8.