CVE-2015-1328
The overlayfs implementation in the linux (aka Linux kernel) package before 3.19.0-21.21 in Ubuntu through 15.04 does not properly check permissions for file creation in the upper filesystem
02 Description
The overlayfs implementation in the linux (aka Linux kernel) package before 3.19.0-21.21 in Ubuntu through 15.04 does not properly check permissions for file creation in the upper filesystem
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
- 37.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2016-11-28 03:01Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-22
- Assigning CNA
- canonical
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 24428e1035c7574814f656a2d87d2510dfeb7ecaad3b43557b0198fe754ac8be
05 Affected products
06 References
- people.canonical.comhttps://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1328.html
- www.securityfocus.com75206http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75206
- www.exploit-db.com37292https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37292/
- www.exploit-db.com40688http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40688/
- security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1328
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20150616 CVE-2015-1328: incorrect permission checks in overlayfs, ubuntu local roothttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/717
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-55.92
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-41.55~14.04.1
- linux-lts-vivid Fixed in 3.19.0-21.21~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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