CVE-2015-8556 EXPLOIT
10.0
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 13.4% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 13.37% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-362 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-03-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| qemu | qemu |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | QEMU (Gentoo) - Local Privilege Escalation | 2015-12-17 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134948/Gentoo-QEMU-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39010/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134948/Gentoo-QEMU-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39010/
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