CVE-2015-1336

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

1.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 63.8% 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

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.

Published

2017-09-27 15:00Z9 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

• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
• CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race ConditionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

25386e663f6a5a070e730b68eb354b5e425f32d63b5802c01a10c35384e1592f

• bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1482786x_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140759/Man-db-2.6.7.1-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.halfdog.nethttp://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/x_refsource_MISC
• people.canonical.comhttp://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1336.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com79723http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79723vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201707-12https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-12vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151214 Re: User man Local Root Exploit/Linux Kernel setgid Directory Privilege Escalation/PAM Owner Check Weaknesshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/11mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840357x_refsource_CONFIRM