CVE-2015-8222 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8222?

CVE-2015-8222 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 17 Nov 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The lxd-unix.socket systemd unit file in the Ubuntu lxd package before 0.20-0ubuntu4.1 uses world-readable permissions for /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8222?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8222?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-8222 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-8222 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8222 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5rhm-g244-h7c9.