Path Traversal in Libvdpau Project
CVE-2015-5199
Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via the VDPAU_DRIVER environment variable.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Libvdpau Project
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167469.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76636 (vdb-entry)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170637.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165546.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2729-1 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00012.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-August/002630.html (mailing-list)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3355 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi