CVE-2014-3215

N/A Unknown
Published: May 08, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026
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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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0251.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00008.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/08/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/59007
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:156
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67341
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

20 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
21th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

selinuxproject