Race condition in Linux 2.6, when threads are sharing memory mapping via CLONE_VM (such as linuxthreads and vfork), might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering a core dump while waiting for a thread that has just performed an exec.
Threat-Mapped Scoring
Score: 1.5
Priority: P4 - Informational (Low)
EPSS
Score: 0.00078Percentile:
0.24037
CVSS Scoring
CVSS v3.1 Score: 4.7
Severity: MEDIUM
Mapped CWE(s)
CWE-667
: Improper Locking
All CAPEC(s)
CAPEC-25 : Forced Deadlock
CAPEC-26 : Leveraging Race Conditions
CAPEC-27 : Leveraging Race Conditions via Symbolic Links
CAPEC(s) with Mapped TTPs
CAPEC-25 : Forced Deadlock
Mapped TTPs:
T1499.004
: Application or System Exploitation
Mapped ATT&CK TTPs
T1499.004
: Application or System Exploitation
Kill Chain: impact
Malware
APTs Threat Group Associations
Campaigns
Affected Products
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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