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CVE-2015-8556

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Date: March 24, 2017

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

Language: C

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Related Resources (5)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8556
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134948/Gentoo-QEMU-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39010/
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8556

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CWE-362

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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