policycoreutils: local privilege escalation via seunshare
Published May 8, 2014
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
Description
seunshare in policycoreutils 2.2.5 is owned by root with 4755 permissions, and executes programs in a way that changes the relationship between the setuid system call and the getresuid saved set-user-ID value, which makes it easier for local users to gain privileges by leveraging a program that mistakenly expected that it could permanently drop privileges.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.2.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
kernel-0:2.6.32-504.16.2.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0864
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
libcap-ng-0:0.7.5-4.el7
Fixed · RHBA-2015:2161
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
policycoreutils
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libcap-ng
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
policycoreutils
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
selinux-policy
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
policycoreutils
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
selinux-policy
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-0:2.6.32-504.16.2.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0864 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libcap-ng-0:0.7.5-4.el7 | Fixed | RHBA-2015:2161 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | policycoreutils | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libcap-ng | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | policycoreutils | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | selinux-policy | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | policycoreutils | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | selinux-policy | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00357) | 27.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00357) | 27.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 18.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0251.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00008.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/08/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59007 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:156 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67341 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3215 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1095855 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3215
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3215
Change history (0)
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