CVE-2015-1336

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Published 2017-09-28 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.8

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

The daily mandb cleanup job in Man-db before 2.7.6.1-1 as packaged in Ubuntu and Debian allows local users with access to the man account to gain privileges via vectors involving insecure chown use.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-41158 local linux verified

halfdog · 2015-12-02

Man-db 2.6.7.1 - Local Privilege Escalation

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 7 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.7.6-1`
sid	Fixed	`2.7.6-1`
forky	Fixed	`2.7.6-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.7.6-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.7.6-1`
9.0	Not affected	—
8.0	Not affected	—

Ubuntu Fixed 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
16.04	Not affected	—
14.04	Not affected	—
12.04	Not affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
man-db_project	man-db	`{"endIncluding":"2.7.6.1"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-284

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.