CVE-2015-2831

Published Apr 14, 2015

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: Buffer overflow in das_watchdog 0.9.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges via a large string in the XAUTHORITY environment variable.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-119

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:das_watchdog_project:das_watchdog:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "3FC539E6-36B0-4899-A7EF-E1405BA8FF49"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References