Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU38351

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in OSSEC - CVE-2015-3222

Published: September 7, 2017 / Updated: August 9, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU38351

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: 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/E:P/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3222

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vendor: OSSEC Project

Affected software:
OSSEC

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

syscheck/seechanges.c in OSSEC 2.7 through 2.8.1 on NIX systems allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root.

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