CVE Database · CVE-2015-3246
CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
6.80%
Published
Aug 11, 2015
Modified
May 6, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit (3)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, directly modifies /etc/passwd, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (inconsistent file state) by causing an error during the modification. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2015-3245 to gain privileges.
Weaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (7)
References (20)