cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.md

CVE-2015-1336

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

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