CVE-2016-5195
Scores
EPSS
Percentile: 94.2%
CVSS
CVSS Score: 7.8/10
All CVSS Scores
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vector Breakdown
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) vector provides detailed metrics about vulnerability characteristics
CVSS
Attack Vector
Local (L)
Describes how the vulnerability is exploited
Attack Complexity
High (H)
Describes the conditions beyond the attacker's control
Privileges Required
Low (L)
Describes the level of privileges an attacker must possess
User Interaction
None (N)
Captures the requirement for a human user participation
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Determines if a successful attack impacts components beyond the vulnerable component
Confidentiality Impact
High (H)
Measures the impact to the confidentiality of information
Integrity Impact
High (H)
Measures the impact to integrity of a successfully exploited vulnerability
Availability Impact
High (H)
Measures the impact to the availability of the impacted component
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vector Breakdown
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) vector provides detailed metrics about vulnerability characteristics
CVSS
Attack Vector
Local (L)
Describes how the vulnerability is exploited
Attack Complexity
Medium
Describes the conditions beyond the attacker's control
Authentication
None (N)
Describes the level of privileges an attacker must possess
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Measures the impact to the confidentiality of information
Integrity Impact
Complete
Measures the impact to integrity of a successfully exploited vulnerability
Availability Impact
Complete
Measures the impact to the availability of the impacted component
Description
Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before 4.8.3 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of a copy-on-write (COW) feature to write to a read-only memory mapping, as exploited in the wild in October 2016, aka “Dirty COW.”
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CWEs
Related Vulnerabilities
Exploits
Exploit ID: CVE-2016-5195
Source: cisa
URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Recommendations
Source: nvd
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
Source: nvd
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
Source: nvd
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
Source: nvd
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described inthis advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
Source: nvd
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described inthis advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
Source: nvd
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
Source: nvd
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
Source: nvd
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
Source: nvd
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
Source: nvd
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
Vulnerable Software (76)
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel
Operating System: rhel 5
{ "fixed": "2.6.18-416.el5"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel
Operating System: rhel 5.6
{ "fixed": "2.6.18-238.57.1.el5"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel
Operating System: rhel 5.9
{ "fixed": "2.6.18-348.32.1.el5"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel
Operating System: rhel 6
{ "fixed": "2.6.32-642.6.2.el6"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel
Operating System: rhel 6.2
{ "fixed": "2.6.32-220.68.1.el6"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel
Operating System: rhel 6.4
{ "fixed": "2.6.32-358.75.1.el6"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel
Operating System: rhel 6.5
{ "fixed": "2.6.32-431.75.1.el6"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel
Operating System: rhel 6.5
{ "fixed": "2.6.32-431.75.1.el6"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel
Operating System: rhel 6.6
{ "fixed": "2.6.32-504.54.1.el6"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel
Operating System: rhel 6.7
{ "fixed": "2.6.32-573.35.2.el6"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel
Operating System: rhel 7
{ "fixed": "3.10.0-327.36.3.el7"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel
Operating System: rhel 7.1
{ "fixed": "3.10.0-229.42.2.el7"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel-aarch64
Operating System: rhel 7
{ "fixed": "4.5.0-15.2.1.el7"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel-headers-modules-ovz-el
Operating System: altlinux
{ "fixed": "0:2.6.32-alt144"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel-headers-ovz-el
Operating System: altlinux
{ "fixed": "0:2.6.32-alt144"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel-image-domU-ovz-el
Operating System: altlinux
{ "fixed": "0:2.6.32-alt144"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel-image-ovz-el
Operating System: altlinux
{ "fixed": "0:2.6.32-alt144"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel-modules-alsa-ovz-el
Operating System: altlinux
{ "fixed": "0:2.6.32-alt144"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel-modules-drm-ovz-el
Operating System: altlinux
{ "fixed": "0:2.6.32-alt144"}
Source: redhat
Type: Configuration
Product: kernel-modules-ide-ovz-el
Operating System: altlinux
{ "fixed": "0:2.6.32-alt144"}
Source: redhat