CVE-2016-5195
actively exploitedRace condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before 4.8.3 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of a copy-on-write (COW) feature to write to a read-only memory mapping, as exploited in the wild in October 2016, aka "Dirty COW."
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exploitation prediction scoring system. probability this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.
cvss
common vulnerability scoring system v3.1. measures intrinsic severity on a 0-10 scale.
epss
0.9418
kev
yes
cisa known exploited vulnerabilities catalog. confirmed active exploitation.
CVSS 3.1
Common Vulnerability Scoring System v3.1
7.0
/ 10
HIGH
exploitability
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Vector (AV:L): requires local access. attacker must have shell access or physical login.
Attack Complexity
High
Attack Complexity (AC:H): exploitation requires specific conditions outside the attacker's control (race condition, non-default config, etc).
Privileges Required
Low
Privileges Required (PR:L): requires basic user-level access.
User Interaction
None
User Interaction (UI:N): no victim action needed. fully exploitable without user interaction.
impact
Scope
Unchanged
Scope (S:U): impact limited to the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality
High
Confidentiality (C:H): total information disclosure. attacker gains access to all data within the component.
Integrity
High
Integrity (I:H): complete data modification possible. attacker can modify any data.
Availability
High
Availability (A:H): total denial of service. attacker can fully shut down the resource.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
activity density
rdintel assessment
actively exploited. patch immediately.
flagged malicious repos detected. do not execute.
detection rules available.
composite score from 15+ signals including exploitation status, epss probability, detection coverage, and community attention. 0-100 scale.
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