CVE-2016-6187

The apparmor_setprocattr function in security/apparmor/lsm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.5 does not validate the buffer size, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an AppArmor setprocattr hook.

CVSS v3.1

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

2.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 83th percentile

Published

2016-08-06

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• Milo-D/CVE-2016-6187_LPE7★ · 2024-07-19
• vnik5287/cve-2016-6187-poc6★ · 2019-07-23

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44301

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2013-2094
• CVE-2014-4014
• CVE-2014-4699
• CVE-2017-16995
• CVE-2016-6186
• CVE-2016-6195