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HistorySep 20, 2022 - 6:15 p.m.

CVE-2016-20015

2022-09-2018:15:09
mitre
web.nvd.nist.gov
20
14
cve
2016
20015
ebuild package
smokeping
gentoo
root privileges

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

37.5%

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.

Affected configurations

Nvd
Node
smokepingsmokepingRange2.7.3-r1
VendorProductVersionCPE
smokepingsmokeping*cpe:2.3:a:smokeping:smokeping:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

37.5%