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CVE-2015-1336
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…
High7.8EPSS 1.0%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 36% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 79723 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201707-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151214 Re: User man Local Root Exploit/Linux Kernel setgid Directory Privilege Escalation/PAM Owner Check Weakness (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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