Description
seunshare in policycoreutils 2.2.5 is owned by root with 4755 permissions, and executes programs in a way that changes the relationship between the setuid system call and the getresuid saved set-user-ID value, which makes it easier for local users to gain privileges by leveraging a program that mistakenly expected that it could permanently drop privileges.
Published: 2014-05-08
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-3232 seunshare in policycoreutils 2.2.5 is owned by root with 4755 permissions, and executes programs in a way that changes the relationship between the setuid system call and the getresuid saved set-user-ID value, which makes it easier for local users to gain privileges by leveraging a program that mistakenly expected that it could permanently drop privileges.
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00033}

epss

{'score': 0.0007}


Subscriptions

Redhat Enterprise Linux
Selinuxproject Policycoreutils
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:35:57.038Z

Reserved: 2014-05-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-3215

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-05-08T10:55:05.107

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-3215

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2012-12-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-3215 - Bugzilla

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