CVE-2016-6187
HIGH 7.8EPSS 2.4%
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 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 2.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 84th 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)
Security advisories
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=146793642811929&w=2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/09/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91696
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=30a46a4647fd1df…
- torvalds/linux/commit/30a46a4647fd1df9cf52e43bf467f0d9265096ca
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1354383