CVE-2015-5198

high

Description

libvdpau before 1.1.1, when used in a setuid or setgid application, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to the VDPAU_DRIVER_PATH environment variable.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253824

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2729-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76636

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3355

http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-August/002630.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00012.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167469.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165546.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170637.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-09-08

Updated: 2016-12-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H