CVE-2015-3222
high
CVSS v3
7.0
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.0
Description
syscheck/seechanges.c in OSSEC 2.7 through 2.8.1 on NIX systems allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
69%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132281/OSSEC-2.8.1-Local-Root-Escalation.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/11/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75148
- https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/releases/tag/2.8.2
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132281/OSSEC-2.8.1-Local-Root-Escalation.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/11/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75148
- https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids/releases/tag/2.8.2
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.