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CVE-2015-3246

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CVSS
5.1 Medium
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Risk score
100.0
Known exploited
CISA KEV
Published
2015-08-11
Status
Published

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.

Weaknesses

CWE-367

Coverage 4

Advisories and references