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CVE-2016-8655

CVE-2016-8655

43Vexday Risk Score

Patch soon. It has a working public exploit.

ssvc Attendepss 11%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDDec 8
1st PoCDec 6
metasploitAug 12
exploitation probability
11%top 4% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
12 public exploit(s)
Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.12 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW capability to change a socket version, related to the packet_set_ring and packet_setsockopt functions.
Affected products
n/a · n/a
public PoCs found — 12✓ VexDay Proof
exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/44696exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/40871exploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/47170unverifiedgithubgithub.com/martinmullins/CVE-2016-8655_Android★ 12githubgithub.com/LakshmiDesai/CVE-2016-8655★ 5githubgithub.com/agkunkle/chocobo★ 0githubgithub.com/scarvell/cve-2016-8655★ 0githubgithub.com/KosukeShimofuji/CVE-2016-8655★ 0githubgithub.com/WhatsWrongAndWhy/CVE-2016-8655★ 0cve_referencepacketstormsecurity.com/files/140063/Linux-Kernel-4.4.0-AF_PACKET-Race-Condition-Privilege-Escalation.htmlunverifiedcve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/44696/unverifiedcve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/40871/unverified
⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=84ac7260236a49c79eede91617700174c2c19b0chttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00044.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00054.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00055.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00056.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00067.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00070.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00073.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00076.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00077.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00087.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140063/Linux-Kernel-4.4.0-AF_PACKET-Race-Condition-Privilege-Escalation.html