{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-07-23T08:35:47+00:00","cve":"CVE-2015-0278","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2015-0278","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2015-0278.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0278","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0278"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2015-0278","description":"libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.","state":"PUBLISHED","assigner":"redhat","published_at":"2015-05-18 15:59:02","updated_at":"2026-05-06 22:30:45"},"problem_types":["CWE-273","n/a"],"metrics":[{"version":"2.0","source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","score":"10","severity":"","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","data":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","baseScore":10,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"COMPLETE","integrityImpact":"COMPLETE","availabilityImpact":"COMPLETE"}}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228","name":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"title":"Support / Security / Advisories /  / MDVSA-2015:228 | Mandriva","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html","name":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"title":"[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: nodejs-0.10.36-3.fc21","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215","name":"https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"title":"unix: call setgoups before calling setuid/setgid by saghul · Pull Request #215 · libuv/libuv · GitHub","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ","name":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Google Grupper","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html","name":"http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"title":"Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0186 - Updated nodejs packages fix security vulnerabilities","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c","name":"https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"title":"unix: call setgoups before calling setuid/setgid · libuv/libuv@66ab389 · GitHub","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10","name":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"title":"libuv: Privilege escalation (GLSA 201611-10) — Gentoo Security","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ","name":"CONFIRM:https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ","refsource":"MITRE","tags":[],"title":"Google Grupper","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0278","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0278","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[{"source":"CNA","vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","version":"affected n/a","platforms":[]}],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2015","cve_id":"278","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"fedoraproject","cpe5":"fedora","cpe6":"21","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2015","cve_id":"278","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"0.10.33","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"libuv_project","cpe5":"libuv","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2015","cve_id":"278","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"nodejs","cpe5":"node.js","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"containers":{"adp":[{"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T04:03:10.551Z","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","shortName":"CVE"},"references":[{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"],"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ"},{"name":"MDVSA-2015:228","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"],"url":"http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html"},{"name":"FEDORA-2015-2313","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_FEDORA","x_transferred"],"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"],"url":"https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"],"url":"https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c"},{"name":"GLSA-201611-10","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO","x_transferred"],"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10"}],"title":"CVE Program Container"}],"cna":{"affected":[{"product":"n/a","vendor":"n/a","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"n/a"}]}],"datePublic":"2015-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors."}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2017-06-30T16:57:01.000Z","orgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749","shortName":"redhat"},"references":[{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ"},{"name":"MDVSA-2015:228","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA"],"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html"},{"name":"FEDORA-2015-2313","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_FEDORA"],"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c"},{"name":"GLSA-201611-10","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO"],"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10"}]}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749","assignerShortName":"redhat","cveId":"CVE-2015-0278","datePublished":"2015-05-18T15:00:00.000Z","dateReserved":"2014-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T04:03:10.551Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2015-05-18 15:59:02","lastModifiedDate":"2026-05-06 22:30:45","problem_types":["CWE-273","n/a"],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV2":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","baseScore":10,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"COMPLETE","integrityImpact":"COMPLETE","availabilityImpact":"COMPLETE"},"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitabilityScore":10,"impactScore":10,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}]},"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"56BDB5A0-0839-4A20-A003-B8CD56F48171"}]}]},{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:libuv_project:libuv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndIncluding":"0.10.33","matchCriteriaId":"1F3C6C6F-0490-4B05-AE01-9384C47659C4"}]}]},{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"0.10.37","matchCriteriaId":"005B0AC4-4F5F-4BFD-8BA4-67570A7B1A4A"}]}]}]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2015","CveId":"278","Ordinal":"1","Title":"CVE-2015-0278","CVE":"CVE-2015-0278","Year":"2015"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2015","CveId":"278","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.","Type":"Description","Title":"CVE-2015-0278"},{"CveYear":"2015","CveId":"278","Ordinal":"2","NoteData":"2015-05-18","Type":"Other","Title":"Published"},{"CveYear":"2015","CveId":"278","Ordinal":"3","NoteData":"2017-06-30","Type":"Other","Title":"Modified"}]}}}