CVE-2016-20015

Published Sep 20, 2022

Last updated 3 years ago

Overview

Description: In the ebuild package through smokeping-2.7.3-r1 for SmokePing on Gentoo, the initscript allows the smokeping user to gain ownership of any file, allowing for the smokeping user to gain root privileges. There is a race condition involving /var/lib/smokeping and chown.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 1.6
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:smokeping:smokeping:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B6E41EEC-A9B0-4852-9452-EEA3F55A2D71",
            "versionEndIncluding": "2.7.3-r1"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References