Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Physical
0

CVE-2017-15102

Disclosure Date: November 15, 2017
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Description

The tower_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.1 allows local users (who are physically proximate for inserting a crafted USB device) to gain privileges by leveraging a write-what-where condition that occurs after a race condition and a NULL pointer dereference.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
6.3 Medium
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
0.4
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Physical
Attack Complexity (AC):
High
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • canonical,
  • linux,
  • redhat

Products

  • enterprise linux 5.0,
  • enterprise linux 6.0,
  • linux kernel,
  • ubuntu linux 12.04,
  • ubuntu linux 14.04
Technical Analysis