CVE-2016-6136
Linux Kernel Audit Log Race Condition Vulnerability
Description
Race condition in the audit_log_single_execve_arg function in kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows local users to bypass intended character-set restrictions or disrupt system-call auditing by changing a certain string, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 6, 2016, 8:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 5, 2018, 2:31 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2016-6136 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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CVE-2016-6136 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0307.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91558 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 10, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353533 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353533 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/43761473c254b45883a64441dd0bc85a42f3645c No Types Assigned https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/43761473c254b45883a64441dd0bc85a42f3645c Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/18 No Types Assigned https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/18 Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=43761473c254b45883a64441dd0bc85a42f3645c No Types Assigned http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=43761473c254b45883a64441dd0bc85a42f3645c Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538835/30/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538835/30/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120681 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120681 Issue Tracking Added CWE CWE-362 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 10, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-6136
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
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0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile