CVE-2015-1336

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.

• CWE-284

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

Published

Sep 28, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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