CVE-2016-20015

7.5 highEPSS 0.7%

High (7.5) in smokeping smokeping. EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the ebuild package through smokeping-2.7.3-r1 for SmokePing on Gentoo, the initscript allows the smokeping user to gain ownership of any file, allowing for the smokeping user to gain root privileges. There is a race condition involving /var/lib/smokeping and chown.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 51% of CVEs (scores of 2026-11-01)
CWE: CWE-362
Published: 2022-09-20
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

smokeping:smokeping

References

https://bugs.gentoo.org/602652
https://bugs.gentoo.org/602652

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