Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Linux kernel - CVE-2015-7442
Published: January 2, 2016 / Updated: June 1, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU28384
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7442
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
consoleinst.sh in IBM Installation Manager before 1.7.4.4 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 and Packaging Utility before 1.7.4.4 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program that is located in /tmp with a name based on a predicted PID value.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2015-7442
Install update from vendor's website.
Linux kernel - addressed in versions 4.4.166, 4.9.142, 4.14.85