Vulnerability in Qemu
CVE-2015-8556
Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.134 (96.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.134 · newest: 0.134 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39010/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/134948/Gentoo-QEMU-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 (Exploit, vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-8556?
- CVE-2015-8556 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qemu, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2017-03-24.
- How severe is CVE-2015-8556?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.