PT-2017-2109 · Mock · Mock

Florian Weimer + 1 · Published 2017-04-14 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2016-6299

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mock (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the scm plug-in in mock, which may allow attackers to bypass the intended chroot protection mechanism and gain root privileges via a crafted spec file. This is due to insufficient access control, potentially enabling a remote attacker to exploit the weakness and obtain superuser privileges using a specially created file.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01286

CVE-2016-6299

Affected Products

Mock

References · 16

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375490 · Exploit
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/VYLMPA5VLLX67DUJ6XLJ2TIW6CX2CFL4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFC4LU6GYYEVUK6LQ2FKUGMZXRTLLL5A · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/X5PH2YGYWYUAYPHK32SGUZGZXQEBEYNK · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6299 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X5PH2YGYWYUAYPHK32SGUZGZXQEBEYNK · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01286 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6299 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VYLMPA5VLLX67DUJ6XLJ2TIW6CX2CFL4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/UFC4LU6GYYEVUK6LQ2FKUGMZXRTLLL5A · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6299 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/13/2 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6299 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6299 · Security Note
• https://github.com/rpm-software-management/mock/commit/8b02f43beadacf6911200b48d94e39e891a41da9 · Note