CVE-2015-8709

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

0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 33.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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

Important. 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

2016-02-08 02:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:29Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-31

Assigning CNA

debian

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-264
• CWE-271Privilege Dropping / Lowering ErrorsClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8d84c4221bdf1a43250557b30168ddf110f7781c0ec8079a173f268bc2490365

• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1038http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00031.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1033http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00027.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1034http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00028.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20151226 [PATCH] ptrace: being capable wrt a process requires mapped uids/gidshttps://lkml.org/lkml/2015/12/25/71mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1035http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00029.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• marc.info[linux-kernel] 20160106 Re: [PATCH] ptrace: being capable wrt a process requires mapped uids/gidshttp://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=145204641422813&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1764http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1031http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00025.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1019http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151231 Re: CVE Request: Linux kernel: privilege escalation in user namespaceshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/31/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151217 CVE Request: Linux kernel: privilege escalation in user namespaceshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/17/12mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1037http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00030.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1045http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00036.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• marc.info[linux-kernel] 20160106 Re: [PATCH] ptrace: being capable wrt a process requires mapped uids/gidshttp://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=145204362722256&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-5d43766e33http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1032http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00026.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1039http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00032.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1041http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00034.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1046http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00037.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securityfocus.com79899http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79899vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1034899http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034899vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1008http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1295287x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3434http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1040http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00033.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE