Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2016-15045

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in lastore-daemon, the system package manager daemon used in Deepin Linux (developed by Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd.).

Published Jul 23, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 7, 2026 · Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd. Deepin Linux

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2016-15045. EPSS is 0.47%. Act only if a listed version of Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd. Deepin Linux is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.47%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd. Deepin Linux 0.9.66-1 (Deepin 15.7)

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in lastore-daemon, the system package manager daemon used in Deepin Linux (developed by Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd.). In versions 0.9.53-1 (Deepin 15.5) and 0.9.66-1 (Deepin 15.7), the D-Bus configuration permits any user in the sudo group to invoke the InstallPackage method without password authentication. By default, the first user created on Deepin is in the sudo group. An attacker with shell access can craft a .deb package containing a malicious post-install script and use dbus-send to install it via lastore-daemon, resulting in arbit

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  • vendor Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd. Deepin Linux 0.9.66-1 (Deepin 15.7)0.9.66-1 (Deepin 15.7)

How to fix CVE-2016-15045

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2016-15045. EPSS is 0.47%. Act only if a listed version of Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd. Deepin Linux is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd. Deepin Linux 0.9.66-1 (Deepin 15.7) 0.9.66-1 (Deepin 15.7). Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.47%. There is no CISA KEV listing. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 23, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in lastore-daemon, the system package manager daemon used in Deepin Linux (developed by Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd.). In versions 0.9.53-1 (Deepin 15.5) and 0.9.66-1 (Deepin 15.7), the D-Bus configuration permits any user in the sudo group to invoke the InstallPackage method without password authentication. By default, the first user created

  2. Apr 7, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in lastore-daemon, the system package manager daemon used in Deepin Linux (developed by Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd.). In versions 0.9.53-1 (Deepin 15.5) and 0.9.66-1 (Deepin 15.7), the D-Bus configuration permits any user in the sudo group to invoke the InstallPackage method without password authentication. By default, the first user created

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-15045

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-15045

    30-day exploitation probability 0.47%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2016-10789

    A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in lastore-daemon, the system package manager daemon used in Deepin Linux (developed by Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd.). In versions 0.9.53-1 (Deepin 15.5) and 0.9.66-1 (Deepin 15.7), the D-Bus configuration permits any user in

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_linux/local/lastore_daemon_dbus_priv_esc

    Public module reference (excellent). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 21, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.