CVE-2016-20015 describes a race condition vulnerability in the initscript of the SmokePing ebuild package (through smokeping-2.7.3-r1) on Gentoo. This flaw allows the 'smokeping' user to gain ownership of arbitrary files, potentially leading to root privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.7.3-r1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:smokeping:smokeping:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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