CVE-2016-20015 (GCVE-0-2016-20015)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-20 17:01 – Updated: 2025-05-29 13:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In the ebuild package through smokeping-2.7.3-r1 for SmokePing on Gentoo, the initscript allows the smokeping user to gain ownership of any file, allowing for the smokeping user to gain root privileges. There is a race condition involving /var/lib/smokeping and chown.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-29 13:23 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Assigner
References
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