CVE-2015-8612 (GCVE-0-2015-8612)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-08 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:20
VLAI
Summary
The EnableNetwork method in the Network class in plugins/mechanism/Network.py in Blueman before 2.0.3 allows local users to gain privileges via the dhcp_handler argument.
Severity
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
debian CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard – unranked: 2 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
Date Public
2015-12-18 00:00
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