01 Record
CVE-2015-0278
libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-05-18 15:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-11-18
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-273Improper Check for Dropped PrivilegesBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 71b1804a4dca7790fed1f8fcf9dcb8e950fe7be3f222be8560888ed95aeb2ae7
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- groups.google.comhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:228http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-2313https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215
- github.comhttps://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201611-10https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10