Critical severity · published Mar 24, 2017
CVE-2015-8556
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1
10.0
CVSS
13.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)13.4% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
QE
Qemu · Qemu
through 2.4.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8556
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8556
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134948/Gentoo-QEMU-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
Exploit
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39010/
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