{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1336","details":"The daily mandb cleanup job in Man-db before 2.7.6.1-1 as packaged in Ubuntu and Debian allows local users with access to the man account to gain privileges via vectors involving insecure chown use.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:19:56.499719Z","published":"2017-09-28T01:29:00Z","related":["USN-5334-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-1336"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1336"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/MandbSymlinkLocalRootPrivilegeEscalation/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/man-db-announce/2016-12/msg00000.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5334-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1336"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"man-db","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/man-db@2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.6.5-2","2.6.5-3","2.6.6-1","2.6.7.1-1","2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1","binary_name":"man-db"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1336.json"}},{"package":{"name":"man-db","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/man-db@2.7.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.7.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["2.7.4-1","2.7.5-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.7.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"man-db"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1336.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}