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CVE-2015-1336

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-09-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

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.

Affected products

• Man-Db Project Man-Db: through 2.7.6.1

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html
• http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html
• http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html
• http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html
• http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11

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