CVE-2014-3215

policycoreutils: local privilege escalation via seunshare

Published May 8, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-3232 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00033}

epss

{'score': 0.0007}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 10:35 AM
Reserved
May 3, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 8, 2014, 10:55 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:07 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Dec 8, 2012, 12:00 AM