CVE-2015-9004

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

02/05/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

Description

kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 mishandles counter grouping, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, related to the perf_pmu_register and perf_event_open functions.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		3.2.95 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.10.65 (including)	3.10.105 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.12 (including)	3.12.68 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.14.29 (including)	3.16.35 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.18.3 (including)	3.18.52 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:google:android::::::::		7.1.1 (including)

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CVE-2015-9004

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools