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[email protected]CVE-2017-15102

HistoryNov 15, 2017 - 9:29 p.m.

CVE-2017-15102

2017-11-1521:29:00

CWE-476

[email protected]

web.nvd.nist.gov

cve

linux kernel

privilege escalation

usb

security vulnerability

nvd

6.9 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

6.3 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

6.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

The tower_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.1 allows local users (who are physically proximate for inserting a crafted USB device) to gain privileges by leveraging a write-what-where condition that occurs after a race condition and a NULL pointer dereference.

Affected configurations

Vulners

NVD

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange≤4.9

VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Linux kernel through version 4.9-rc1",
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "Linux kernel through version 4.9-rc1"
      }
    ]
  }
]