cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.md

### [CVE-2015-1336](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1336)
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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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.