EDB-39166

functional

Linux Kernel 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 14.04/15.10) - 'overlayfs' Local Privilege Escalation (1)

view exploit source exploit_dbverifiedtype localauthor rebelpublished 2016-01-05catalog exploit_db

exploited CVEs (1)

Known CVEs related to this entry.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2015-8660US	medium6.7	22.2% (98th)	Exploit	2015-12-28
The ovl_setattr function in fs/overlayfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 attempts to merge distinct setattr operations, which allows local users to bypass intended access…

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