CVE-2015-3246
high · 7.4Actively exploitedOn the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, directly modifies /etc/passwd, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (inconsistent file state) by causing an error during the modification. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2015-3245 to gain privileges.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 5.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 7.0 |
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.2 |
| libuser_project | libuser | < 0.56.13-8 |
| libuser_project | libuser | >= 0.60, < 0.60-7 |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163044.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162947.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00000.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1482.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1483.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76022
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033040
- https://access.redhat.com/articles/1537873
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44633/
- https://www.qualys.com/2015/07/23/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246.txt
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163044.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162947.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00000.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1482.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1483.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76022
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033040
- https://access.redhat.com/articles/1537873
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44633/
- https://www.qualys.com/2015/07/23/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246.txt
- https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-10147-chinese-speaking-adversary-integrates-agentic-ai-into-post-compromise-operations/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-3246
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2015-3246