HIGHCVSS 7.4Actively exploited · CISA KEV since 2026-08-26Vulnerability

CVE-2015-3246

Red Hat libuser contains a race condition vulnerability that allows authenticated local users to corrupt the /etc/passwd file to cause a denial of service or privilege escalation.

Properties

Vulnerability name
Red Hat Libuser Race Condition Vulnerability
First seen
2026-10-01T18:02:50+00:00
Cvss score
7.4
Epss score
0.08503
Last seen
2026-10-19T12:00:27+00:00
Due date
2026-09-09
Euvd assigner
redhat
Retrieved at
2026-10-21T01:24:47+00:00
Exploited euvd since
2026-08-26T00:00:00+00:00
Src batch id
epss_history-20261020T103617Z-728ddd
Source url
https://epss.empiricalsecurity.com/epss_scores-2026-10-19.csv.gz
Date added
2026-08-26
Score
7.4
Euvd base score version
3.1
Fetched at
2026-10-20T10:36:20+00:00
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Euvd base score
7.4
Vendor project
Red Hat
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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