CVE-2015-8556

10.0 CRITICAL
Published: March 24, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134948/Gentoo-QEMU-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39010/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134948/Gentoo-QEMU-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39010/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
10.0 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
13.4%
96th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-362

Affected Vendors

qemu

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