CVE-2015-3245

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the chfn function in libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, allows local users to cause a denial of service (/etc/passwd corruption) via a newline character in the GECOS field.

CVSS v2.0

2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

5.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 92th percentile

Published

2015-08-11

Updated

2024-08-06

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/libuser_roothelper_p…

ExploitDB entries (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44633
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37706

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2015-3239
• CVE-2015-3246
• CVE-2015-3224
• CVE-2015-3290
• CVE-2015-3222
• CVE-2015-3292