CVE-2015-7724

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
AMD fglrx-driver before 15.9 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack. NOTE: This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-7723.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-7724
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-06-07T14:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-09T19:58:19
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:amd:fglrx-driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.7
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2015-7724/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77361 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Oct/103 Mailing List Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134120/AMD-fglrx-driver-15.7-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536782/100/0/threaded
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7724
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7724
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:33:58 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 17:30:24 2017-06-07T14:29Z 2017-06-07T14:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 17:30:24 2018-10-09T19:58:19 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 17:30:24 Modified Vulnerability Status updated