man-db: TOCTOU bug when processing catman pages
Published Sep 27, 2017
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.05%
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
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 2.7.6.1
Running on/with
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 16.04
Configuration 2
- ≤ 2.7.6.1
Running on/with
- 8.0
- 9.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
man-db
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | man-db | 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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.05% (0.01047) | 62.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.05% (0.01047) | 59.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.61% (0.00608) | 67.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.87% (0.01868) | 72.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.16% (0.00162) | 34.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 28.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 25.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.25% (0.02249) | 81.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.25% (0.02249) | 79.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.25% (0.02249) | 58.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.html x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.html x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/ x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1336 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1292432 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1336
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1336
Change history (0)
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