criu: service daemon allows to bypass ptrace policy
Published Jun 7, 2016
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.38%
Description
The service daemon in CRIU does not properly restrict access to non-dumpable processes, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via (1) process dumps or (2) ptrace access.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- n/a
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
criu
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | criu | 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:N/A:N
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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 2, 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 2, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00380) | 29.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00380) | 29.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.15% (0.00146) | 32.53th | 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 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00030.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/25/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5231 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256728 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://lists.openvz.org/pipermail/criu/2015-August/021847.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5231
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5231
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00030.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/25/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5231 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256728 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://lists.openvz.org/pipermail/criu/2015-August/021847.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5231 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5231 |
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