CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-7724
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-06-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
AMD fglrx-driver before 15.9 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack. NOTE: This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-7723.
Affected configurations
• amd fglrx-driver (<= 15.7)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134120/AMD-fglrx-driver-15.7-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Oct/103 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536782/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77361 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2015-7724/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134120/AMD-fglrx-driver-15.7-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Oct/103 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536782/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77361 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2015-7724/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory