NVD
- Id
- 28771
- Name
- CVE-2015-8709
- Description
- ** DISPUTED ** kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4.1 mishandles uid and gid mappings, which allows local users to gain privileges by establishing a user namespace, waiting for a root process to enter that namespace with an unsafe uid or gid, and then using the ptrace system call. NOTE: the vendor states "there is no kernel bug here."
- Reject
- CVSS Version
- 2
- CVSS Score
- 6.9
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS Base Score
- 6.9
- CVSS Impact Subscore
- 10
- CVSS Exploit Subscore
- 3.4
- CVSS Vector
- (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
- Pub Date
- 2017-01-19
- Published
- 2016-02-07
- Modified Date
- 2016-12-05
- Seq
- 2015-8709