CVE-2015-0267 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Red Hat module-setup.sh script for kexec-tools, specifically affecting kexec-tools versions before 2.0.7-19 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. An attacker could exploit this by using a symlink attack on a temporary file, allowing them to write to arbitrary files on the system. With a CVSS score of 3.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability has low severity, requiring local access and low attack complexity, with potential impacts limited to partial integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0.7-11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kexec-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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